| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| kerplunk |
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| SYLLABICATION: | ker·plunk |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  k r-pl nk |
| INTRANSITIVE VERB: | Inflected forms: ker·plunked, ker·plunk·ing, ker·plunks
To fall with a sound like that of a heavy object falling rapidly into water. | | NOUN: | A kerplunking sound or movement. | | ETYMOLOGY: | ker-, intensive pref. (probably from Scots) + plunk. | | OTHER FORMS: | ker·plunk —ADVERB
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| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by the Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
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