Translations for „plonk“ in the English » German Dictionary

plonk¹ [plɒŋk] N no pl esp Brit, Aus inf (wine)

plonk

billiger Wein

plonk

Gesöff nt pej inf

a bottle of plonk

eine Flasche mit billigem, schlechtem Wein

I . plonk² [plɒŋk, Am plɑ:ŋk, plʌŋk] N inf (sound)

plonk

Ploppen nt inf

II . plonk² [plɒŋk, Am plɑ:ŋk, plʌŋk] ADV inf

plonk

dumpf knallend

I heard something go plonk

ich hörte, wie etwas dumpf aufschlug [o. inf plopp machte]

III . plonk² [plɒŋk, Am plɑ:ŋk, plʌŋk] VB trans inf

1. plonk (set down heavily):

to plonk sth somewhere

etw irgendwo hinknallen inf

2. plonk (sit heavily):

to plonk oneself down on a chair/sofa

sich acc auf einen Stuhl/ein Sofa fallen [o. inf plumpsen] lassen

plonk away VB intr inf

to plonk away on sth

auf etw dat herumklimpern inf

I . plonk down inf VB trans

to plonk down ⇆ sth

etw hinknallen inf

to plonk oneself down

sich acc hinfallen [o. inf hinplumpsen] lassen

II . plonk down inf VB intr

plonk down

sich acc fallen lassen

plonk out VB trans inf

to plonk out a song/tune [on sth]

ein Lied/eine Melodie [auf etw dat ] klimpern inf

Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

a bottle of plonk

eine Flasche mit billigem, schlechtem Wein

I heard something go plonk

ich hörte, wie etwas dumpf aufschlug [o. inf plopp machte]

to plonk oneself down on a chair/sofa

sich acc auf einen Stuhl/ein Sofa fallen [o. inf plumpsen] lassen

to plonk out a song/tune [on sth]

ein Lied/eine Melodie [auf etw dat ] klimpern inf

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

Warehouses once piled high with cheap plonk and towers of lager tinnies sit barren and boarded.

www.independent.co.uk

Luckily, there are now lots of places across the country where you can plonk a hard hat on your head and do just that.

www.mirror.co.uk

It also has a musical, resonant plonk call and is also called a pobblebonk.

en.wikipedia.org

The question was always how this should occur, as just plonking a "consumer" into a committee (or a chart) isn't going to achieve much.

blogs.crikey.com.au

Then we plonk the rest on the windowsill, where it gets either under or over-watered to death.

www.dailymail.co.uk

I want to plonk one on a mountain somewhere and just watch the weather go by.

reneweconomy.com.au

Being on my own made the task of settling on a place to plonk myself all the harder.

www.limerickpost.ie

We're going to pick up guitars, have a plonk and see if anybody has got any tunes or ideas.

en.wikipedia.org

We're going to pick up some guitars, have a plonk, and see if anybody has got any tunes or ideas.

www.winnipegsun.com

Well pickled reading the above, stay off the cheap vinaigrette tasting plonk. 3/0 to the cherry boys.

www.bournemouthecho.co.uk