He picked her up and plunked her down in a chair and began to shout at her.
•Sally plunked down the book in anger.
Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.
plunk — [ plʌŋk ] verb INFORMAL 1. ) intransitive or transitive to play a musical instrument without interest or enthusiasm, especially a piano or guitar 2. ) transitive plunk down/on/in to put someone or something down somewhere in a careless or noisy… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
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