Plonk Definition

plŏngk
plonked, plonking
noun
Cheap, inferior wine.
Webster's New World

(countable) The sound of something solid landing.

I just heard a plonk "” did something fall down in the kitchen?
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(countable, dated, UK, law enforcement slang) A female police constable. [in the 1970s]

Chris and that plonk had better be flushing the scum out.
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verb
plonked, plonking

Plunk.

Webster's New World

To set or toss (something) down carelessly.

When you've finished with the sponge, just plonk it back in the sink.
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(Internet, slang, in Internet forums) To automatically ignore a particular poster; to killfile.

I got tired of his trolling and ad hominem attacks, so I plonked him.
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Synonyms:
interjection
The sound made by something solid landing.
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(Internet) The supposed sound of adding a user to one's killfile.

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adverb
(followed by a location) Precisely and forcefully.
He dropped his bag of tools plonk in the middle of the table.
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Other Word Forms of Plonk

Noun

Singular:
plonk
Plural:
plonks

Origin of Plonk

  • Fom WWI military slang, derived by alteration of French vin + blanc (“white wine") by the law of Hobson-Jobson. Recorded earliest in the playful rhyming slang form plinketty-plonk. Possibly influenced by the sound of wine being poured into a glass.

    From Wiktionary

  • Short for earlier plink-plonk perhaps alteration of French vin blanc white wine vin wine (from Old French vinegar) blanc white (from Old French blank)

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Probably a shortening of plonker.

    From Wiktionary

  • Onomatopoeic

    From Wiktionary

Plonk Sentence Examples

  • Behemoths like Gallo and Mondavi are struggling to shed their reputations of plonk vendors as legions of smaller growers are concentrating on making a quality product.

  • It's easy to put a bottle of plonk in a brown paper bag and tie a string around the neck but that has issues.

  • Previously considered plonk, winemakers have come to recognize consumer demand for quality box wines.

  • Knowing my luck, the slabs will turn up, eat the lot, and then bugger off as I plonk my box down!

  • In addition, 371 million bottles of Italian plonk will go the same way.

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