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plonk::verb | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | flump, plank, plop, plump, plump down, plunk, plunk down |
| Type of | set down, place down, put down |
plonk::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | noise |
Examples of plonk
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I now feel bad for having a go at him for spending 10 grand on a bottle of plonk.
From the guardian.co.uk
But what if you could turn that bargain-basement plonk into fine wine in minutes?
From the newscientist.com
Give a product a design that people want and plonk it in that 400-1000 Eur range.
From the guardian.co.uk
The light is dappled, the music is the plinkety plonk of a child's musical box.
From the guardian.co.uk
Vettel will more than likely plonk his Red Bull on pole on Saturday afternoon.
From the telegraph.co.uk
Bottom line, any wine that's not balanced and harmonious is plonk in my book.
From the dallasnews.com
This isn't the commercially manufactured pink-colored blend of red and white plonk.
From the suntimes.com
Surely you just buy the plants you like, plonk them in and hope for the best.
From the independent.co.uk
Long ago I tired of paying 10 pounds for a half glass of plonk in London's bistros.
From the forbes.com
- A cheap wine of inferior quality
- Plank: 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"
- The noise of something dropping (as into liquid)
- Plonk is a Usenet jargon term for adding a particular poster to one's kill file such that the poster's future postings are completely ignored. It was first used in 1989, and by 1994 was a commonly used term on Usenet regarding kill file additions.
- Plonk is an unspecific and derogatory term in British and Australian English for wine that is notably inexpensive or judged to be of poor quality.winepros.com.au. ...
- The sound of something solid landing; To set or toss (something) down carelessly; In Internet forums, to automatically ignore a particular poster; killfile; Precisely and forcefully; The sound made by something solid landing; The supposed sound of adding a user to one's killfile
- British English slang for an inexpensive bottle of wine. The term is thought to originate from the French word for white wine, "blanc".
- A derogatory name for cheap, poor-tasting wine.
- Wine (usually cheap wine)
