plonking
Britishadjective
Example Sentences
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Montenegro's Tamara Živković takes a maximalist approach, plonking a Greek Chorus onto a jack-hammer techno beat on Nova Zora.
From BBC • May 8, 2026
Chinese and Russian investors are plonking money down on discounted residential and commercial real estate.
From New York Times • Jun. 20, 2018
I’m often goaded into action by a piece of music, which can lead to some borderline hysterical lurches at the desk, like plonking John Lennon down in the middle of the recent novel “Beatlebone.”
From The New Yorker • Oct. 3, 2016
Obviously, this means engaging the child, not just plonking him in front of a screen.
From Time • Mar. 7, 2016
“So what are you guys eating?” she said, plonking herself down on a spare log and lifting her head to peer into our bowls.
From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson
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