kerplunk — ozdic

Collocations

4

ADJ.

heavy, loud

VERB + KERPLUNK

going, heard

KERPLUNK + NOUN

stomach

ADV.

suddenly

Definitions

noun

1

A sound of someone or something falling and landing heavily.

If my life were a Saturday-morning cartoon, you would have heard a loud kerplunk as my stomach dropped. My poor starving stomach. It was under such stress already, and now this.

2

A disappointment which comes as a surprise.

intj

1

Used to indicate a thudding sound.

We flipped to see who'd go first and I won, which meant Claudia had to dial. I called the number out loud for her, and inside me my heart was suddenly going "kerplunk, kerplunk, kerplunk," heavy as an elephant's feet.

verb

1

To make the sound of falling and landing heavily; to thud.

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01

If my life were a Saturday-morning cartoon, you would have heard a loud kerplunk as my stomach dropped. My poor starving stomach. It was under such stress already, and now this.

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02

We flipped to see who'd go first and I won, which meant Claudia had to dial. I called the number out loud for her, and inside me my heart was suddenly going "kerplunk, kerplunk, kerplunk," heavy as an

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Usage Notes

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In some senses, kerplunk is marked as informal, dated, figuratively, slang, US. Watch for register when choosing this word.