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plunkety-plunk

noun

Etymology

From plunk + -ety with reduplication.

  1. derived from plenken — “(archaic) to wander around; (Limburg, archaic) to play truant”
  2. suffixed as plunkety-plunk — “plunk + ety”

Definitions

  1. A repeated plunk or twanging sound, especially a rhythmic one produced by picking a banjo…

    A repeated plunk or twanging sound, especially a rhythmic one produced by picking a banjo or other stringed instrument.

  2. Of such a sound.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA