Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to plonk
Participle: plonked
Gerund: plonking
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | plonk |
| you | plonk |
| he;she;it | plonks |
| we | plonk |
| you | plonk |
| they | plonk |
Perfect
| I | have plonked |
| you | have plonked |
| he;she;it | has plonked |
| we | have plonked |
| you | have plonked |
| they | have plonked |
Past
| I | plonked |
| you | plonked |
| he;she;it | plonked |
| we | plonked |
| you | plonked |
| they | plonked |
Pluperfect
| I | had plonked |
| you | had plonked |
| he;she;it | had plonked |
| we | had plonked |
| you | had plonked |
| they | had plonked |
Future
| I | will plonk |
| you | will plonk |
| he;she;it | will plonk |
| we | will plonk |
| you | will plonk |
| they | will plonk |
Future Perfect
| I | will have plonked |
| you | will have plonked |
| he;she;it | will have plonked |
| we | will have plonked |
| you | will have plonked |
| they | will have plonked |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | plonk |
| you | plonk |
| he;she;it | plonk |
| we | plonk |
| you | plonk |
| they | plonk |
Perfect
| I | have plonked |
| you | have plonked |
| he;she;it | have plonked |
| we | have plonked |
| you | have plonked |
| they | have plonked |
Imperfect
| I | plonked |
| you | plonked |
| he;she;it | plonked |
| we | plonked |
| you | plonked |
| they | plonked |
Pluperfect
| I | had plonked |
| you | had plonked |
| he;she;it | had plonked |
| we | had plonked |
| you | had plonked |
| they | had plonked |
Conditional
Present
| I | would plonk |
| you | would plonk |
| he;she;it | would plonk |
| we | would plonk |
| you | would plonk |
| they | would plonk |
Perfect
| I | would have plonked |
| you | would have plonked |
| he;she;it | would have plonked |
| we | would have plonked |
| you | would have plonked |
| they | would have plonked |
Imperative
| you | plonk |
| we | Let's plonk |
| you | plonk |
Verbs conjugated like 'plonk'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'plonk'
clonk,
plank,
plink,
plunk,
pronk,
blank,
blenk,
blink,
block,
blond,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
Onomatopoeic. Compare plunk.
Sample Sentences
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When you’ve finished with the sponge, just plonk it back in the sink.
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We sat alfresco on the edge of a “square,” in reality a pond of cobbly mud with a plinth plonked in its navel […] [2004, David Mitchell, Cloud Atlas, London: Sceptre (Hodder and Stoughton), →ISBN:]
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Catrin: You just plonk a white coat on – and you think that’s enough? ¶ For Halloween? ¶ In the Big End? ¶ You fuckin’ disgust me… [2010, Gary Owen, Love Steals Us from Loneliness, London: Bloomsbury Publishing, →DOI, →ISBN, page 16:]
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Using a tractor fan, shock absorbers, PVC pipes, a bicycle frame and anything else he could lay his hands on, he then built a rudimentary wooden tower, plonked his home-made generator on the top, and eventually got one, and then four bulbs to light up. [2009 October 2, John Vidal, “'Tilting at windmills: the boy who harnessed the wind'”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:]
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Changing trains at Hereford, I catch the West Midlands Class 170 that is waiting for me at Platform 1. Plonking myself in a table bay, I settle in to enjoy the trip on what is another quiet train - well, until Ledbury, where a couple of dozen people are waiting. [2020 December 2, Paul Bigland, “My weirdest and wackiest Rover yet”, in Rail, page 67:]
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I got tired of his trolling and ad hominem attacks, so I plonked him.