English Dictionary
◊ PLUNK
plunk
n 1: a hollow twanging sound
2: the act of hitting a baseball so that it drops suddenly
[syn: {plunker}]
adv : (informal) with a short hollow thud; "plop came the ball
down to the corner of the green" [syn: {plop}]
v 1: make or move along with a sound as of a horse's hooves
striking the ground [syn: {clop}, {clump}, {clunk}]
2: set down; "He planked the money on the table"; "He planked
himself into the sofa" [syn: {plank}, {flump}, {plonk}, {plop},
{plump down}, {plunk down}, {plump}]
3: drop steeply; "the stock market plunged" [syn: {dive}, {plunge}]
4: pull lightly but sharply with a plucking motion, as of
guitar strings; "he plucked the strings of his mandolin"
[syn: {pluck}, {pick}]
English Computing Dictionary
◊ DID YOU MEAN PLONK?
plonk
(Possibly influenced by British slang
"plonk" for cheap booze, or "plonker" for someone behaving
stupidly) The sound a {newbie} makes as he falls to the bottom
of a {kill file}. Used almost exclusively in the {Usenet}
{newsgroup} {news:talk.bizarre}, this term (usually written
"▫plonk▫") is a form of public ridicule.
Another theory is that it is an acronym for "Person with
Little Or No Knowledge".
(1998-10-27)