kerplunk
2
9.5
- noun
- /kərˈplʌŋk/
:
chapoteo
- Some German company went kerplunk, and Tiffany's picked all these things up, and they're perfect party favors.
Examples
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Kerplunk!
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No kerplunk.
Fiction book (1996) -
Then she goes kerplunk.
Blog text (34) -
Presume Kerplunk/Shatner had a moment of enlightenment after the last permaban, and now wants others to see the light.
Blog text (19) -
Deleting an item from the to-do list by "pulling" it off the side of the screen feels quite natural, in the same way that you might swiftly pull a straw out in a game of KerPlunk.
Blog text (31) -
Whether it was Chutes and Ladders or Freeze Tag or- Monopoly, we played Clue- Wiffle Ball or KerPlunk! or- Parcheesi, we played checkers, and we played chess.
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No, it was day, the end of a long driving day—lost track of his promise to give us a confession with, in fact, more darkness than a well into which you drop a silvery quarter and, peering down into the utter void of it, you never do eventually hear the kerplunk, a confession with more.
Fiction book (2000) -
The kids watched as the stone fell into the pond, making a loud kerplunk that echoed across the water.
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When the ice cube hit the glass, it made a satisfying kerplunk as it sank to the bottom.
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I dropped the heavy book on the floor and heard a distinct kerplunk that startled everyone in the room.
Synonyms
237
1.3
A sudden loud noise from a hit or impact
85
2.1
A loud noise when something hits or closes suddenly
81
2.2
A heavy, dull sound made when something hits or falls
16
2.9
A heavy, dull sound made when two objects hit each other
15
3.6
A sudden loud sound when one thing hits another
8
6.0
A heavy, dull sound made when something hits a hard surface
5
8.9
A dull hollow sound when something heavy hits a surface
2
5.1
A sudden sharp sound made when liquid hits a surface
2
9.9
A short, clear sound that happens when something hits a hard surface
1
8.1
A loud heavy sound when something hits or falls
1
7.4
The movement and sound made when something hits water or mud
1
7.9
A dull, heavy sound made when something hits another thing
1
9.9
A loud hit that makes a sharp sound
A short loud sound when something drops into water
A loud splash when a person or animal jumps into water
A loud heavy knock or thump you hear clearly
A soft, low sound that something makes when it hits a surface
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Etymology
The word kerplunk copies the sudden sound made when something heavy hits water or a hard surface, mixing a sharp 'ker-' noise with the familiar word plunk. So a kerplunk is 'a loud, heavy splash or thud'.