plunked

Put down heavily

Plunked is the past tense of plunk—to drop or set down heavily and unceremoniously: She plunked the groceries on the counter.

To plunk on a stringed instrument is to play it carelessly or without skill.

In baseball, to plunk a batter is to hit them with a pitched ball: He got plunked in the shoulder.

drop

thud

Dull impact noise

drop · land · fall · plonk · set down · deposit · dump · toss · fling · throw

strum

guitar

Fretted stringed instrument

  • banjoFretted drum-stringed instrument
  • ukuleleSmall Hawaiian stringed instrument
  • mandolinPlucked eight-string lute descendant

bass · pizzicato · pluck · strum · twang · fingerpick · chord · acoustic · bluegrass · folk

strike

hit

Successful contact or strike

  • smackStrike with open hand
  • whackForceful striking blow
  • wallopForceful strike or defeat

thwack · slug · sock · belt · clobber · punch · knock · clout · bash · pound

Opposites
manner of placement

plunkednestled

Settled into a sheltered position

arranged · cradled · rested · situated · set

vertical direction

plunkedlifted

Raised upward

raised · hoisted · picked up · elevated · up

SOUND QUALITY (musical sense)

plunkedfingerpicked

Played strings by hand

arpeggiated · bowed

Family

plunk, plunking, kerplunk, plunks, plunker, plunkers

Familiarity
Top 200,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G