plonk
(noun) the noise of something dropping (as into liquid)
plonk
(noun) a cheap wine of inferior quality
plank, flump, plonk, plop, plunk, plump down, plunk down, plump
(verb) 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”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Onomatopoeic
plonk
The sound made by something solid landing.
(Internet) The supposed sound of adding a user to one's killfile.
plonk (plural plonks)
(countable) The sound of something solid landing.
plonk (third-person singular simple present plonks, present participle plonking, simple past and past participle plonked)
(transitive) To set or toss (something) down carelessly.
(transitive, Internet slang) To automatically ignore a particular poster.
Synonym: killfile
plonk (not comparable)
(followed by a location) Precisely and forcefully.
• bang
• slap bang
plonk (uncountable)
(uncountable, UK, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, informal) Cheap or inferior everyday wine.
(military, slang, historical) AC Plonk
plonk (plural plonks)
(countable, dated, British, law enforcement slang) A female police constable. [in the 1970s]
Synonym: Thesaurus:police officer
Source: Wiktionary
24 April 2025
(noun) an obsolete term for the network of viscous material in the cell nucleus on which the chromatin granules were thought to be suspended
The Boston Tea Party helped popularize coffee in America. The hefty tea tax imposed on the colonies in 1773 resulted in America switching from tea to coffee. In the lead up to the Revolutionary War, it became patriotic to sip java instead of tea. The Civil War made the drink more pervasive. Coffee helped energize tired troops, and drinking it became an expression of freedom.
