plonk

UK /plɒŋk/ US /plɒŋk/
noun 4verb 3intj 2adv 1name 1

Definitions

intj

1

The sound made by something solid landing.

2

The supposed sound of adding a user to one's kill file.

noun

1

The sound of something solid landing.

I just heard a plonk – did something fall down in the kitchen?

verb

1

To set or toss (something) down carelessly.

When you’ve finished with the sponge, just plonk it back in the sink.

We sat alfresco on the edge of a “square,” in reality a pond of cobbly mud with a plinth plonked in its navel […]

2

To sit down heavily and without ceremony.

Using a tractor fan, shock absorbers, PVC pipes, a bicycle frame and anything else he could lay his hands on, he then built a rudimentary wooden tower, plonked his home-made generator on the top, and eventually got one, and then four bulbs to light up.

Changing trains at Hereford, I catch the West Midlands Class 170 that is waiting for me at Platform 1. Plonking myself in a table bay, I settle in to enjoy the trip on what is another quiet train - well, until Ledbury, where a couple of dozen people are waiting.

3

To automatically ignore a particular poster.

I got tired of his trolling and ad hominem attacks, so I plonked him.

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