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Meanings
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noun
onomatopoeic: a repeated dull plunking or clopping sound, such as hoofbeats or notes on a stringed instrument
A distant plunkety-plunk announced that horses were coming along the road.
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adj
onomatopoeic: producing or characterized by a repeated plunking sound
The tune had a simple plunkety-plunk rhythm.
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Etymology
An expressive formation from plunk + -ety, followed by reduplication. The repeated sounds imitate a sequence of dull impacts or twanging notes; Mark Twain uses it for approaching horses' hoofbeats.