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Definition of Plunker
1. Noun. (baseball) hitting a baseball so that it drops suddenly.
Generic synonyms: Hit, Hitting, Striking
Category relationships: Baseball, Baseball Game
Definition of Plunker
1. one that plunks [n -S] - See also: plunks
Lexicographical Neighbors of Plunker
Literary usage of Plunker
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Publications by Folklore Society (Great Britain) (1905)
"The order of play being fixed, the first player throws his plunker from the stand
against the wall with the intention of hitting one or more of the marbles ..."
2. The Games & Diversions of Argyleshire by Robert Craig Maclagan (1901)
"If he misses a shot he loses a turn, or if his plunker remains in the ring, he
cannot play till some of the other players strike him out, ..."
3. An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language: To which is Prefixed, a by John Jamieson (1880)
"... plunker, ». One who is accustomed to play the truant ; [also, a horse that is
given to ratting, 8. Tent, ¡¡licht, obligatio ; Holland, ..."
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