plonk

«plonk» in Mova's school dictionary: verb (informal, UK, Australia, NZ): To put something down… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

verb (plonk, plonks, plonked, plonking); noun (plonk, uncountable; a plonk)

meaning for a pupil

1) verb (informal, UK, Australia, NZ): To put something down heavily or carelessly: "Plonk your bag there." tree →

2) verb (informal): To sit down heavily: "He plonked himself on the sofa." tree →

3) noun (informal, UK, Australia): Cheap wine. tree →

4) noun: A dull, heavy sound, like a single piano note: "plonk!" tree →

sense in the lessons

In everyday British, Irish and Australian talk, "plonk it down" means just put it there, without care. Grown-ups call cheap wine "plonk". In music and stories, "plonk" can be the sound of a key or something dropping.

examples

• Just plonk your coat on the chair. tree →
• She plonked herself down next to me. tree →
• Dad plonked the shopping on the table. tree →
• They had a bottle of cheap plonk with dinner. tree →
• The little boy plonked out a tune on the piano. tree →
• Don't plonk that heavy box on my toe! tree →

note

Informal. Regular verb. US English often says "plunk" instead. The wine sense is slang for adults.

In the corpora

• His mate Bilal plonks his tray down next to him.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «plonk» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.