plunk

Example Sentences

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I plunked down on the porch steps and strained my ears, trying to hear their voices through the open windows.

From Literature

“If it doesn’t pan out, we have just plunked down a lot of money on the table that depreciates really quickly. And the clock is ticking.”

From The Wall Street Journal

The scene is a family dinner in which ordinary household noises — the scrapes, plunks and clatter — and speech are pitched at irregular volumes and lack directional focus.

From Los Angeles Times

This isn’t the first time that Nvidia is plunking down cash to invest in a partner.

From MarketWatch

Somewhere in the distance and deep belowground, water trickled and plunked onto ancient rock.

From Literature