Source etymology 1
Original entry ↗To move (something) with a sudden push. · Chiefly followed by down or out: to pay (money); to plank. · To pluck and quickly release (a string of a stringed instrument); also, to play (a stringed instrument) by plucking strings; to play (a piano, etc.) by striking keys; or, to play (a note or tune) on such an instrument. · Often followed by down: to drop, set, or throw (something, or oneself) abruptly and/or heavily into or on to a surface or some other thing, making a dull sound; to plump.
With a brief, dull sound, such as the thud of something landing on a surface. · Directly, exactly, precisely.
A brief, dull sound, such as the sound of a string of a stringed instrument being plucked, or the thud of something landing on a surface. · A (heavy) blow or hit. · A dollar. · A large sum of money.
Often reduplicated: used to represent a brief, dull sound, such as the sound of a string of a stringed instrument being plucked, or the thud of something landing on a surface.
Onomatopoeic; the noun is attested earlier than the verb. Noun etymology 1, noun sense 3 (“dollar; large sum of money”) may refer to the sound of a coin hitting a surface. Compare plonk, plink. As regards verb etymology 1, verb sense 1.4 (“(transitive) to drop, set, or throw (something, or oneself) abruptly and/or heavily”) and etymology 1, verb sense 2.4 (“(intransitive) to drop, land, or set abruptly and/or heavily”), compare French plonquer (Picardy), a variant of plonger (“to plunge”).
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- Cognate mentionplonquerfr
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