0
Loojka Posted 15 years ago
Vocabulary
Plonk
A WALL
In a field in the Country of Glamorgan.
You won't find it named in any guidebook.
It lies, plonk, in the middle of rising groud,
forty-four paces long, high as your eyes,
it begins for no reason, ends no place.
No other walls are adjacent to it.
Seemingly unremarkable, it's just there,
stones of different sizes, different greys.
Hi, everyone!
Can anyone tell me what exactly does "plonk" mean here? I can't seem to find any meaning that fits in here.
Thanx!
In a field in the Country of Glamorgan.
You won't find it named in any guidebook.
It lies, plonk, in the middle of rising groud,
forty-four paces long, high as your eyes,
it begins for no reason, ends no place.
No other walls are adjacent to it.
Seemingly unremarkable, it's just there,
stones of different sizes, different greys.
Hi, everyone!
Can anyone tell me what exactly does "plonk" mean here? I can't seem to find any meaning that fits in here.
Thanx!
Top answer
e. "It lies, exactly, in the middle of the rising ground".
- e.
- "It lies, exactly, in the middle of the rising ground".
Get the Weekly English Kit 📬
New words, one handy idiom, and a 2-minute quiz — delivered to your inbox to keep your streak alive.
11 Answers
0
In this context 'plonk' is a adverb meaning 'exactly', i.e. "It lies, exactly, in the middle of the rising ground".
00
I would interpret it slightly differently. To me, "plonk" here is imitative, i.e. the noise of "something being set down carelessly and seemingly at random".
00
0
That's true, but (and maybe it's only Australian) it's also a colloquial adverb meaning exactly, e.g. "He hit me plonk on the nose".
00
Note: In case you receive replies to this post by email, I have editted my original post because my example sentence was grammatically incorrect.
00
I agree with everyone!
Except in my community it was always "Plunk!"
When water's involved, it's usually "Ker-plunk!"
Also, the verb:
He just plunked down in a chair.
She just plunked the thing down and ran.
This last one seems counter to Makka's sense of exact location, and implies a certain disregard for location.
Just
Except in my community it was always "Plunk!"
When water's involved, it's usually "Ker-plunk!"
Also, the verb:
He just plunked down in a chair.
She just plunked the thing down and ran.
This last one seems counter to Makka's sense of exact location, and implies a certain disregard for location.
Just
00
I might also just add that the reason I did not think 'plonk' was the verb as described my MrPerdantic and Phillip, is because 'plonk' would surely have to be in a past tense: plonked. But they are quite right, plonk is a verb that can mean sat down clumsily or randomly.
00
How interesting it's plunk in your community - although I have heard of ker-plunk, plunk is not something I have heard nor is in my Australian dictionary. Is it American?
00
makka2802Is it American?My American Heritage dictionary is quite liberal on "plunk" - adv, noun, verb (transitive and intransitive) !
They agree with your "exactly"!
"Plunk in the middle . . . " is a common American collocatation.
00
Related Questions