English Explanatory Dictionary

plunkety-plunk

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A repeated plunk or twanging sound, especially a rhythmic one produced by picking a banjo or other stringed instrument.
adj
  1. Of such a sound.

Word forms

plunkety-plunk plunkety-plunks

Etymology

From plunk + -ety with reduplication.

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