kerplunk

English

Etymology

From ker- +‎ plunk.

Noun

kerplunk (plural kerplunks)

1. A thudding or thunking sound.
   • 2007, Michelle Tea, Rose of No Man's Land

     If my life were a Saturday-morning cartoon, you would have heard a loud kerplunk as my stomach dropped. My poor starving stomach.

Interjection

kerplunk

1. A thudding or thunking sound.
   • 1986, Eva Bunting, Sixth-Grade Sleepover:

     I called the number out loud for her, and inside me my heart was suddenly going "kerplunk, kerplunk, kerplunk," heavy as an elephant's feet.

Translations

kerplunk

• French: patatras (fr)
• German: krach (de), bum
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• Walloon: bardaf (wa)

Verb

kerplunk (third-person singular simple present kerplunks, present participle kerplunking, simple past and past participle kerplunked)

1. To make a thudding or thunking sound.