plonker en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- (Australia) audio
- /ˈplɒŋ.kə(ɹ)/ (Received-Pronunciation)
Etymology
From plonk + -er.
Meanings
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(Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, derogatory, slang) A 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):
- (Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, slang) A penis.
- (Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, dated, slang) A man who sanctions sexual relationships between his girlfriend and his male friends.
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(slang) Something 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:
- One who plonks.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| plonkers | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
twonk · pull someone's plonker
Synonyms
flop · clunker · mari complaisant (man who sanctions cuckoldry) · fool (fool) · penis (penis) · idiot · wittol (man who sanctions cuckoldry)
Translations (9)
ru дурачок (fool) · nb dumrian (fool) · de Trottel (fool) · nb tulling (fool) · fi törppö (fool) · it stupido (fool) · nb dåsemikkel (fool) · fr imbécile (fool) · de Dummkopf (fool)