Added 9 October 2026 plonk /plɒŋk/ interjection Categories: Food & DrinkActionsObscure Words interjection ! Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about plonk at Wordnik → Where our words come from → The sound made by something solid landing. The supposed sound of adding a user to one's kill file. noun The sound of something solid landing. I just heard a plonk – did something fall down in the kitchen? verb To set or toss (something) down carelessly. When you’ve finished with the sponge, just plonk it back in the sink. To sit down heavily and without ceremony. To automatically ignore or block a particular poster. I got tired of his trolling and ad hominem attacks, so I plonked him. adverb Precisely and forcefully. He dropped his bag of tools plonk in the middle of the table. Origin Onomatopoeic. Compare plunk. From Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org (CC BY-SA) Related Words: plunkflumpplopplumpplankplunkingkerplunkploppingsplopkaplunk Back to today's word