plunker

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plunk

(plŭngk) also plonk (plŏngk, plŭngk)

v. plunked, plunk·ing, plunks also plonked or plonk·ing or plonks

v.tr.

1. To throw or place heavily or abruptly: plunked the money down on the counter.

2. To strum or pluck (a stringed instrument).

v.intr.

1. To drop or fall abruptly or heavily; plump: plunked onto the couch with a sigh of relief.

2. To emit a hollow twanging sound.

1. Informal A heavy blow or stroke.

2. A short hollow twanging sound.

adv. Informal

1. With a short hollow thud.

2. Exactly; precisely: The dart landed plunk in the center of the target.

[Imitative.]

plunk′er n.

plunk′y adj.

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plunker

(ˈplʌŋkə)

1. (Games, other than specified) games Scot a large marble

2. (Music, other) censorious someone who plays a musical instrument

3. (Currencies) slang US a dollar

4. (Angling) angling US someone who angles or fishes casually

5. (Angling) angling US a type of fishing bait

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plunker - (baseball) hitting a baseball so that it drops suddenly

plunk

hitting, striking, hit - the act of contacting one thing with another; "repeated hitting raised a large bruise"; "after three misses she finally got a hit"

baseball, baseball game - a ball game played with a bat and ball between two teams of nine players; teams take turns at bat trying to score runs; "he played baseball in high school"; "there was a baseball game on every empty lot"; "there was a desire for National League ball in the area"; "play ball!"

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Its area office destroyed, three clinics destroyed (Lyttteton, Sumner and Redcliffs) and another unusable (Woolston), Plunker was hit hard by the February 22 earthquake.

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NZNO organisers Laura Thomas and Barbara Crozier were the advocates for the negotiations, supported by Plunket nurse Pauline Smith, community Karitane nurse Karyn Sullivan, kaiawhina Teri Ransfield and administration team leader Wendy Barry, all from Auckland, Plunker nurse Joy Bowra-Dean, Matron, Plunketline staffer Jo MacRae, Wellington and Plunket nurse Gait Sefton, Christchurch.

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The three-piece band, composed of "a cello goblin, bass plunker and a drums-tumbler" - or cello, bass and drums to the uninitiated - is little more than a year old.

Cello, bass, drum, weirdness

Front row (from left): Jo McRae, Plunker; Marianne Lock, Anglesea Accident and Medical Clinic; and Gill Lough Family Planning.