Plonk (Noun)
Meaning 1
A cheap wine of inferior quality.
Classification
Nouns denoting foods and drinks.
Examples
- The supermarket's discount shelf was stocked with rows of plonk that would only appeal to the most desperate of wine drinkers.
- After a few glasses of the plonk, the wedding reception started to get rowdy.
- The backpackers' hostel served a questionable plonk that was rumored to be made from the cheapest grapes in the region.
- The restaurant's house wine was a notorious plonk that even the most unsophisticated palates could detect was subpar.
- The student party was fueled by a cheap plonk that was more likely to induce headaches than appreciation for fine wine.
Hypernyms
Meaning 2
The noise of something dropping (as into liquid).
Classification
Nouns denoting natural events.