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# plonk

«plonk» in Mova's school dictionary: **verb (informal, UK, Australia, NZ): To put something down…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

verb (plonk, plonks, plonked, plonking); noun (plonk, uncountable; a plonk)

### meaning for a pupil

1) verb (informal, UK, Australia, NZ): To put something down heavily or carelessly: "Plonk your bag there." [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/plonk/#m1)

2) verb (informal): To sit down heavily: "He plonked himself on the sofa." [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/plonk/#m2)

3) noun (informal, UK, Australia): Cheap wine. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/plonk/#m3)

4) noun: A dull, heavy sound, like a single piano note: "plonk!" [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/plonk/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday British, Irish and Australian talk, "plonk it down" means just put it there, without care. Grown-ups call cheap wine "plonk". In music and stories, "plonk" can be the sound of a key or something dropping.

### examples

- Just plonk your coat on the chair. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/plonk/#x1)
- She plonked herself down next to me. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/plonk/#x2)
- Dad plonked the shopping on the table. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/plonk/#x3)
- They had a bottle of cheap plonk with dinner. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/plonk/#x4)
- The little boy plonked out a tune on the piano. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/plonk/#x5)
- Don't plonk that heavy box on my toe! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/plonk/#x6)

### note

Informal. Regular verb. US English often says "plunk" instead. The wine sense is slang for adults.

### In the corpora

- [His mate Bilal plonks his tray down next to him.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/525-friends-who-get-it/1/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «plonk» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/plonk/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.