plonk

[plongk]

noun

Chiefly British.

1. inferior or cheap wine.

plonk

¹

/ 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

plonk

²

/ plɒŋk /

noun

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of plonk¹

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of plonk¹

C20: perhaps from French blanc white, as in 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?’”

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

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Local councils don't have control over nationwide immigration policy, but Farage has said his party will "resist central government plonking hundreds of these young men in these counties that we now run".

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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.

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

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Related Words

• drop 
• fix 
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• put 
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