Etymology

kerplunk

ker·plunk
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Today it means: A sound of someone or something falling and landing heavily. Full definition →

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The story

From ker- (prefix forming onomatopoeias imitating the effect or sound of a heavy object falling) + plunk (“dull thud of something landing on a surface”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.