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plunk

[pluhngk] / plʌŋk /
VERB
throw down
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Their fee would be based on your investible assets, so if you take all of that $1 million and plunk it down on a house, their fee goes way down.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 3, 2026

Plenty of you who regularly plunk down thousands for a business-class seat care about just one thing, of course: horizontal sleep.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 18, 2026

The persistent plunk, plunk, plunk of icicles dripping into an aluminum gutter — a sound that is less birdsong than plumbing.

From Salon ● Mar. 1, 2026

The ball pops up in the air and soars into an arc, drifting against the blue sky, then comes down with a plunk on the glass wall behind Jon Guerra.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 27, 2025

Or maybe heavy on the outside, like something was pressing down on top of me, when really it was nothing but air. plunk, plunk.

From Absolutely Almost by Lisa Graff


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