how to pronounce plunk

/plʌŋk/

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plunk is pronounced in one syllable

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An example use of plunk in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

“… glycoprotein called plunk which they're …”

meanings of plunk

verb:

To intentionally hit the batter with a pitch.
To land suddenly or heavily; to plump down.
To be a truant from (school).
To drop or throw something heavily onto or into something else, so that it makes a dull sound.
To croak.
To pluck and quickly release (a musical string).

noun:

The dull thud of something landing on a surface.
A large sum of money.
A dollar.

name:

A surname.

plunk frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word plunk occurs in english on average 0 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics plunk can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that plunk can be often used in the following areas:

1) business and work;

2) communication, information, and media;