单词 | plunking |
释义 | plunkingn. The action of plunk v.1; an instance of this. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > resonance or sonority > other resonant sounds > [noun] > of string twanga1556 twang1565 twingle-twangle1634 tang1669 twing twang1761 twanging1788 plunk1822 plunking1913 plung1952 society > leisure > the arts > music > performing music > playing instruments > [noun] > playing in plunking manner plunking1913 plinking1938 1913 Washington Post 27 July (Comic section) I move that we..invite that banjo fiend to either quit his infernal plunking or leave the country. 1941 W. C. Handy Father of Blues xviii. 246 I had been everlastingly at the piano, forever picking out notes and chords for Long Gone but never playing anything consistently. A victim of all this plunking had been her parrot. 1973 ‘B. Mather’ Snowline x. 123 The plunking of an out-of-tune guitar. 2003 Rocky Mountain News (Denver) (Nexis) 6 June 45 a The faint plunkings of the keyboard could be discerned easily. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). plunkingadj. That plunks (in various senses of plunk v.1); (of a sound) of the nature of or resembling a plunk. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > resonance or sonority > other resonant sounds > [adjective] > of string twanging1567 wiry1819 plunking1907 society > leisure > the arts > music > performing music > playing instruments > [adjective] > playing in plunking manner plunking1907 the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > sound of blow or fall > [adjective] plangiferous1620 bonking1935 plunking1979 thunking1982 1907 N.E.D. at Plunk sb., adv., int. With a plunking noise. 1912 I. S. Cobb Cobb's Anat. 10 You admire the pleasant plunking sound suggestive of ripe watermelons when you pat yourself. 1965 Time 12 Nov. 4 Those guitar-plunking protestniks whose St. Joan is Baez. 1979 G. Hammond Dead Game vi. 77 A bullet that's been deflected by passing through something..may make a plunking sort of sound. 2005 Lancaster (Pa.) New Era (Nexis) 27 Jan. (Teen Weekend section) 3 The surreality of violins that surge forward and back, plunking piano, and distant vocals. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1913adj.1907 |
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