plonk

American  

[plongk] / plɒŋk /

noun

Chiefly British.

1. inferior or cheap wine.

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plonk ¹ British  

/ plɒŋk /

verb

1. (often foll by down) to drop or be dropped, esp heavily or suddenly

   he plonked the money on the table

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noun

1. the act or sound of plonking

interjection

1. an exclamation imitative of this sound

plonk ² British  

/ plɒŋk /

noun

1. informal alcoholic drink, usually wine, esp of inferior quality

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Etymology

Origin of plonk

1925–30; perhaps alteration of French ( vin ) blanc white (wine)

Example Sentences

“So the next day I plonked it on the table and said, ‘This is what you wanted, isn’t it?’”

From The Wall Street Journal

An urban railway bridge, they say, will look completely out of place plonked down in the middle of a meadow.

From BBC

They came to a peak in April 2019, when protestors brought parts of the capital to a halt for more than a week and plonked a large pink boat in the middle of Oxford Circus.

From BBC

The company says there are plenty of places with so-called stranded energy that they can plonk their bitcoin mine next to.

From BBC

"I was about to sing and in he steps, plonks himself in the middle of the front row," the actor says.

From BBC

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