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Discover LudwigThe word "plunk" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used as a verb meaning to drop or put something down heavily, or as a noun meaning a deep, resonant sound, as of a large drop of water. Example Sentence: The sound of the rock plunking into the pond echoed through the forest.
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plunk
verb
To drop or throw something heavily onto or into something else, so that it makes a dull sound.
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They were willing to plunk down top dollar months ahead of delivery of the computers.
The subsequent losses led even Malaysia's docile trade unions to pipe up.The bail-outs do not inspire investors, particularly overseas ones, to plunk their money on Malaysia.
By contrast, British universities may plunk big donors on to a "formalistic and horrible" board, she says.
No plink or plunk was quite the same as any other.Most folk at his premières in the 1950s and 1960s might have wished he had never discovered that.
But starting at $349, and only usable in conjunction with an iPhone, it looks unlikely to be a serious competitor to other expensive watches (see article).Still, many are likely to stick with their iPhones and even plunk down the money for an Apple Watch, because of the firm's ecosystem.
Thailand and the Philippines thus offer investors a contrasting choice: plunk your money on the former if you think that stability alone matters more than what governments do with it.
Fans unwilling to plunk down cash for an unknown album might do so if offered some free tracks in MP3 format.
Macworld were similarly enamoured, praising the redesigned interface for making users feel "more welcome" and singling out the new Drummer feature as specially rewarding for its detailed customization options: "In short, unless you're already committed to another DAW or aren't entirely dependent on 32-bit plug-ins, you should plunk down the measly 200 bucks Apple asks for it.
Now, when students address me as "professor" in e-mails — even though I've told them to call me by my first name — it strikes an odd note, a plunk of mislaid fingers on a piano.
The foundation of a song by How to Destroy Angels called "Ice Age" is a stringed instrument that has contradictory qualities — a bell-like tone as well as a plunk that sounds like a coconut being struck with a mallet.
If you have eleven thousand five hundred dollars to plunk down for it, it will be delivered within six months, F. O. B. Houston.
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