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plonker

UK/ˈplɒŋ.kə(ɹ)/

plonker noun: a fool.

Noun

plonker (plural plonkers)

  1. (Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, derogatory, slang) A fool.
    • “You kept the hat! You bloody plonker!” “Fuck me.” “And now look at you, bouncing off the cars like a bouncing idiot.” “Fucking hell!” “Is he gonna be alright?”2020 May 20, Jemaine Clement, “The Return” (: from the start), in What We Do in the Shadows, season 2, episode 7, spoken by Nadja (Natasia Demetriou)
    Synonyms:
    fool
  2. (Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, slang) A penis.
    Synonyms:
    penis
  3. (Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, dated, slang) A man who sanctions sexual relationships between his girlfriend and his male friends.
  4. (slang) Something bad or inferior.
    • Frank advised him, 'Stay away from cheap songs and the rest will follow.' Bennett did record some plonkers but his overall level of good to bad has to be higher than Frank's.2015, Spencer Leigh, Frank Sinatra: An Extraordinary Life
    Synonyms:
    clunker, flop
  5. One who plonks.

Synonyms of plonker

Forms of plonker

pluralplonkers

Origin of plonker

From plonk + -er.

Words formed from plonker

Phrases with plonker

Words that rhyme with plonker

Questions about plonker

What does plonker mean?
Plonker means a fool.
What part of speech is plonker?
Plonker is a noun.
How do you pronounce plonker?
Plonker is pronounced /ˈplɒŋ.kə(ɹ)/ (UK).
What is the plural of plonker?
The plural of plonker is plonkers.

Words near plonker in the dictionary

  1. plonk
  2. plonkable
  3. plonked
  4. plonkee
  5. plonkees
  6. plonker
  7. plonkers
  8. plonkier
  9. plonkiest
  10. plonking
  11. plonkings

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