plonked
past simple and past participle ofplonk
plonk
verb
uk/plɒŋk/us/plɑːŋk/plonkverb(PUT DOWN)
[IorT,usually+ adv/prep]mainlyUK(USusuallyplunk)
to put something downheavilyand without takingcare:
Just plonk theshopping(down)onthetable, and come and have acupoftea.
Come in and plonkyourselves(down)(=sitdown)anywhereyou like.
Placing and positioning an object
- -based
- appose
- around
- changesomethingaround
- circle
- consign
- install
- lie
- pile(something)up
- plant
- redeposit
- reinstall
- reinstallation
- relocate
- reorientate
- spread
- stick
- superimpose
- transpose
- transposition
plonkverb(INSTRUMENT)
[Iusually+ adv/prep](alsoplunk)
toplayamusicalinstrument, usually not very well but oftenloudly:
I reallyenjoyplonkingawayonthepiano.
Sounds made by objects, movement or impact
- babble
- blaze
- bong
- chuff
- clatter
- click away
- clicker
- clinking
- clunk
- crump
- growl
- gunshot
- hiss
- jangling
- plunk
- scrunch
- sonic boom
- tick
- white noise
- whoosh
Examplesofplonked
plonked
In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
Year by year the volume of paperplonkedon our desks, to be read before the next meeting, seems to get bigger and bigger.
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Sheplonkedthe baby on the counter and walked out of the office.
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Such a system would not simply be about a large sum of money beingplonkedon the table with no accountability.
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It concerns preservation orders that areplonkedon buildings.
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Most co-operative buildings are in out-of-the-way sites; they are "plonked" down in the middle of the places where the producers are.
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We are continuing the debate about how we do our business and the proposal has beenplonkedon us.
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There was a crush, because the building wasplonkedin the route of the proposed road.
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As a public repudiation of theplonkedposter, it is appended to the end of one's reply (or may constitute the entire reply).
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