plonker

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UK/ˈplɒŋ.kə(ɹ)/

noun

A fool.

RareScrabble 13

Meanings

nounplonker (plural plonkers)

plural plonkers

  1. CommonwealthIrelandUKderogatoryslangA fool.

    “You kept the hat! You bloody plonker!” “Fuck me.” “And now look at you, bouncing off the cars like a bouncing idiot.” “Fucking hell!” “Is he gonna be alright?”

    2020 May 20, Jemaine Clement, “The Return” (: from the start), in What We Do in the Shadows, season 2, episode 7, spoken by Nadja (Natasia Demetriou)

    Synonyms: fool

  2. CommonwealthIrelandUKslangA penis.

    Synonyms: penis

  3. CommonwealthIrelandUKdatedslangA man who sanctions sexual relationships between his girlfriend and his male friends.

    Synonyms: mari complaisant, wittol

  4. slangSomething bad or inferior.

    Frank advised him, 'Stay away from cheap songs and the rest will follow.' Bennett did record some plonkers but his overall level of good to bad has to be higher than Frank's.

    2015, Spencer Leigh, Frank Sinatra: An Extraordinary Life

    Synonyms: clunker, flop

  5. One who plonks.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA fool.

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nounA penis.

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nounA man who sanctions sexual relationships between his girlfriend and his male friends.

nounSomething bad or inferior.

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Origin

Translations

Finnish törppö
  • törppöfool
French imbécile
  • imbécilefool
German Dummkopf, Trottel
  • Dummkopffool
  • Trottelfool
Italian stupido
  • stupidofool
Norwegian Bokmål tulling, dåsemikkel
  • tullingfool
  • dåsemikkelfool
  • dumrianfool
Russian дурачок
  • дурачок (duračok)fool

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APA

plonker. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/plonker

MLA

“plonker.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/plonker. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “plonker,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/plonker.

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