plunk

 
Pronunciation: /plʌŋk/
informal

verb

  • 1 [no object] play a keyboard or plucked stringed instrument in an inexpressive way: I got a guitar when I was twelve and started plunking away on it
  • 2 [with object] US hit (someone) abruptly: he plunked him in the back
  • 3 [with object and adverbial] chiefly North American set down heavily or abruptly: she plunked her pack on top of the bar
  • (plunk something down) pay a sum of money: I plunked down £14.95 for the new paperback edition

noun

  • 1the sound made by abruptly plucking a string of a stringed instrument: the singing was punctuated by the plunks of the guitar
  • 2US a heavy blow.

Origin:

early 19th century: probably imitative