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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

But even through those periods, there’s so much music in those shows that I was always able to have a guitar around, sit at a keyboard and plunk out some songs for the show.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 17, 2024

I plunk down on my bed, absolutely worn out but happier than I’ve ever been.

From "Five Feet Apart" by Rachael Lippincott


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