Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- intransitive verb To fall with a sound like that of a heavy object falling into water.
- noun A kerplunking sound or movement.
from The Century Dictionary.
- With a sudden ‘plunk’ or plunge.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
thudding orthunking sound. - interjection A thudding or thunking sound.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Instead, we get the "kerplunk" scene we knew we were getting from the end of last issue, Luthor revealing that he's actually kind of a bastard after all, members of Infinity II declaring twice in two pages that it sure is a good thing they still have their powers, and a lost-in-space scene that once again fails to advance that plot.
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Instead, we get the "kerplunk" scene we knew we were getting from the end of last issue, Luthor revealing that he's actually kind of a bastard after all, members of Infinity II declaring twice in two pages that it sure is a good thing they still have their powers, and a lost-in-space scene that once again fails to advance that plot.
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I can actually feel a sort of ‘kerplunk’ when things fall into place and I GET IT.
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She looks back at me after it makes a satisfying kerplunk.
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She flushed the toilet, and we all three stood there crowded into the little bathroom and watched the water swirl and kerplunk down the drainpipe and gurgle as the bowl and tank refilled themselves.
"The Misses Moses," from my collection Aliens in the Prime of Their Lives (Norton 2010)
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Slowly, but surely, that shitty little country is being driven to the sea, kerplunk.
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She looks back at me after it makes a satisfying kerplunk.
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A Saw type figure, played by Tyler Perry as Madea in a horrific Richard Nixon mask, taunts the survivors with his eerie song "kerplunk kerplunk, marbles on your head, I pull out another stick, and you'll be dead."
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She looks back at me after it makes a satisfying kerplunk.
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A Saw type figure, played by Tyler Perry as Madea in a horrific Richard Nixon mask, taunts the survivors with his eerie song "kerplunk kerplunk, marbles on your head, I pull out another stick, and you'll be dead."
grant_barrett commented on the word kerplunk
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November 11, 2009
qms commented on the word kerplunk
The locals enjoy to get Ernest drunk
And then fill his ears with utter bunk.
At such times I fear
That into his beer
His critical judgment goes kerplunk.
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May 18, 2014
qms commented on the word kerplunk
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June 23, 2014