transitive verb

1. to pluck or strum (a banjo, guitar, etc.)
2. to throw or put down heavily; plump

Etymology: echoic

intransitive verb

1. to pluck or strum (on)
2. to give out a twanging sound, as a banjo
3. to fall or sink heavily

noun

1. the act of plunking or the sound made by this
2. Informal a hard blow

adverb