plunk
Example Sentences
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By dialing down the sweetener in the original formula, the 70-year-old theorized, fellow chai addicts must now plunk down more for pumps of vanilla syrup or other add-ins to remake their drink.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026
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
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
Flaherty said he didn’t plunk Tatis on purpose, noting that it was only a two-run game at that point.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2024
There was a final plunk from the piano, and silence.
From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling
