plonk down
11plonk — 1. interjection /plɒŋk,plɑŋk/ a) The sound made by something solid landing. b) The supposed sound of adding a user to ones killfile. 2. noun /plɒŋk,plɑŋk/ a) The sound of something solid landing …
12plonk — [plɒŋk] verb [T] British informal I to put something down somewhere in a careless way • %plonk yourself down British informal to sit or lie down on something in a careless way[/ex] II noun [U] British informal plonk [plɒŋk] cheap wine of low… …
13plonk — English has two distinct words plonk. The one that means ‘put down firmly and heavily’ [19] was no doubt originally simply an imitation of the sound made by the action (alternative realizations of which are plank and plunk). The other, ‘cheap bog …
14plonk — English has two distinct words plonk. The one that means ‘put down firmly and heavily’ [19] was no doubt originally simply an imitation of the sound made by the action (alternative realizations of which are plank and plunk). The other, ‘cheap bog …
15plonk — 1. v. & n. v.tr. 1 set down hurriedly or clumsily. 2 (usu. foll. by down) set down firmly. n. 1 an act of plonking. 2 a heavy thud. Etymology: imit. 2. n. colloq. cheap or inferior wine. Etymology: orig. Austral.: prob. corrupt. of blanc in F vin …
16plonk — plonk1 informal, chiefly Brit. verb 1》 set down heavily or carelessly. 2》 play unskilfully on a keyboard or stringed musical instrument. noun a sound as of something being set down heavily. Origin C19 (orig. dialect): imitative; cf. plunk. plonk2 …
17plump down — verb 1. set (something or oneself) down with or as if with a noise He planked the money on the table He planked himself into the sofa • Syn: ↑plank, ↑flump, ↑plonk, ↑plop, ↑plunk, ↑plunk do …
18lay something down — 1 he laid down his glass: PUT DOWN, set down, place down, deposit, rest; informal dump, plonk down; Brit. informal bung down. 2 they were forced to lay …
19plank down — verb drop heavily • Syn: ↑plonk down, ↑plump down • Hypernyms: ↑drop • Verb Frames: Somebody s something Somebody s somebody …
20plunk down — verb set (something or oneself) down with or as if with a noise He planked the money on the table He planked himself into the sofa • Syn: ↑plank, ↑flump, ↑plonk, ↑plop, ↑plunk, ↑plump down, ↑ …
