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PLONK DOWN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does plonk down mean? 

PLONK DOWN (verb)
  The verb PLONK DOWN has 1 sense:

1. drop heavilyplay

  Familiarity information: PLONK DOWN used as a verb is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


PLONK DOWN (verb)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Drop heavily

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Synonyms:

plank down; plonk down; plump down

Hypernyms (to "plonk down" is one way to...):

drop (let fall to the ground)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s somebody PP
Somebody ----s something PP


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