Meanings
interjection
- The sound of something heavy landing in a liquid.
Was that the hose? Did they drop it in? Splunk. Something hit the water.
2007, Lois Metzger, Be careful what you wish for2 more examples
A splunk, like a rock hitting water, brought him to a standstill, straining to hear.
2004, Ramona Crawford, Sabrina Says, page 162Splunk! Mid-muse, Darcy was startled by a weird noise — something between a splat and a thunk. Pausing in her apple-picking, she looked around. Splunk! There it was again!
2005, Jory Simms, Welcome to Where?
Origin
Imitative; compare splash, splat, plunk.
Full word history & related roots →Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with splunk
trunkfunkjunkunchunkchunkbunkdunkshrunkcrunkthunkdebunkgunkplunkflunkslunkkerplunkdegunkfrunkspelunk
All rhymes →Cite this entry
APA
splunk. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/splunk
MLA
“splunk.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/splunk. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “splunk,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/splunk.
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