Definition

1. Noun:

   • A dull, heavy sound: The noise made when a solid object falls or is dropped into liquid or onto a surface.
   • Cheap, inferior wine: (Informal, chiefly British & Australian) A term for inexpensive, low-quality wine.

2. Verb:

   • To set down heavily or carelessly: To put or drop something (or oneself) with a dull, heavy sound, often without care.

Usage Examples

• Noun (Sound):

  • The stone fell into the well with a loud plonk.
  • We heard the plonk of the book hitting the floor.

• Noun (Wine):

  • He brought a bottle of cheap plonk to the party.
  • We drank some awful plonk last night.

• Verb:

  • She plonked the groceries onto the kitchen counter.
  • After work, he just plonked himself in front of the TV.

Advanced Usage

• "to plonk something down": To put something down heavily and decisively, often to make a point.

  • He plonked the evidence down on the lawyer's desk.

• "to plonk oneself down": To sit down heavily and unceremoniously.

  • Exhausted, she plonked herself down on the nearest bench.

Variants and Related Words

• Plonker (noun, informal, chiefly British): A foolish or stupid person.
  • Don't be such a plonker!

Synonyms

• Noun (Sound): Thud, thump, plop.
• Noun (Wine): Vin ordinaire, table wine, cheap wine.
• Verb: Plump, flump, dump.

Related Phrasal Verbs

• Plonk down: Synonymous with the verb usage; to put down or pay (money) heavily.
  • He plonked down fifty dollars for the ticket.

Related Idioms

• "Plonk and play": (Informal, rare) Refers to casually putting on a record to listen to it.
  • We'll just plonk on some music and relax.

Noun

1. the noise of something dropping (as into liquid)
2. a cheap wine of inferior quality

Verb

1. set (something or oneself) down with or as if with a noise
   • He planked the money on the table
   • He planked himself into the sofa