Meaning

4 senses
  1. (countable)The sound of something solid landing.

    I just heard a plonk – did something fall down in the kitchen?

  2. (Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, informal, uncountable)Cheap or inferior everyday wine.

    бормоту́хаbormotúxa, шмурдя́кšmurdják

    a cheap wine of inferior quality

  3. (historical, slang, uncountable)AC Plonk

  4. (Ireland, UK, countable, derogatory, slang)A female police constable.

    Chris and that plonk had better be flushing the scum out.

Examples

5 sentences
  1. He plonked himself down in front of the telly.

    deEr pflanzte sich vor den Fernseher.

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  2. Just plonk yourself down in this comfy chair and sit awhile.

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  3. Just plonk it down on that endtable over by the couch, thanks.

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  4. This plonk is surprisingly gluggable.

    deDieser billige Wein ist überraschend süffig.

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  5. He sat down at the piano and plonked out as best he could the "Happy Birthday" song.

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Translations

5 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
cheap or inferior wine:

Origin

Onomatopoeic. Compare plunk. From WWI military slang, derived by alteration of French vin

Onomatopoeic. Compare plunk.

From WWI military slang, derived by alteration of French vin blanc (“white wine”) by the law of Hobson-Jobson. Recorded earliest in the playful rhyming slang form plinketty-plonk. Possibly influenced by the sound of wine being poured into a glass.

Probably a shortening of plonker.

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