splunk
/splʌŋk/
splunk interjection: the sound of something heavy landing in a liquid.
Interjection
- The sound of something heavy landing in a liquid.
- A splunk, like a rock hitting water, brought him to a standstill, straining to hear.2004, Ramona Crawford, Sabrina Says, page 162
- Splunk! Mid-muse, Darcy was startled by a weird noise — something between a splat and a thunk. Pausing in her apple-picking, she looked around. Splunk! There it was again!2005, Jory Simms, Welcome to Where?
Origin of splunk
Imitative; compare splash, splat, plunk.
Words that rhyme with splunk
Questions about splunk
- What does splunk mean?
- Splunk means the sound of something heavy landing in a liquid.
- What part of speech is splunk?
- Splunk is an interjection.
- How do you pronounce splunk?
- Splunk is pronounced /splʌŋk/.
Words near splunk in the dictionary
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