plunking

noun

(baseball) hitting a baseball so that it drops suddenly

a hollow twanging sound

verb

pull lightly but sharply with a plucking motion

drop steeply

set (something or oneself) down with or as if with a noise

make or move along with a sound as of a horse's hooves striking the ground

adverb

with a short hollow thud

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