plonk

[ plongk ]
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nounChiefly British.
  1. inferior or cheap wine.

Origin of plonk

1
1925–30; perhaps alteration of French (vin) blanc white (wine)

Words Nearby plonk

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How to use plonk in a sentence

  • Just cobble it together, plonk it on your head, and smile a lot.

    Flower Crowns Are Phony and Must Die | Sara Lieberman | September 5, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
  • Why not plonk yourself and your guests in front of the warm glow of the television set this holiday weekend?

  • Suddenly I fall over something—plonk into the middle of some excavated earth, which the rain has made into semolina pudding.

    Letters to Helen | Keith Henderson
  • Suddenly we heard a musical and distant wail, something flew past the window, and there was a wee "plonk."

    A Company of Tanks | W. H. L. Watson
  • There was a heavy plonk and a rush of feet as Knollys, who had watched fascinated, ran down the companion-way with another man.

    Captivity | M. Leonora Eyles
  • Something would go plonk when the trigger was pulled on an empty chamber, so I did some dry practice at the crests of waves.

    Four-Day Planet | Henry Beam Piper

British Dictionary definitions for plonk (1 of 2)

plonk1

/ (plɒŋk) /


verb
  1. (often foll by down) to drop or be dropped, esp heavily or suddenly: he plonked the money on the table

noun
  1. the act or sound of plonking

interjection
  1. an exclamation imitative of this sound

British Dictionary definitions for plonk (2 of 2)

plonk2

/ (plɒŋk) /


noun
  1. British, Australian and NZ informal alcoholic drink, usually wine, esp of inferior quality

Origin of plonk

2
C20: perhaps from French blanc white, as in vin blanc white wine

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