kerplunks
/kərˈplʌŋks/
verb
- Falls or drops with a sound like a heavy object hitting water or landing softly.
- A big hailstone kerplunks into the birdbath.
- The cat kerplunks onto the bed every morning.
- Each ripe melon kerplunks when it hits the ground.
noun
- Plural of kerplunk; multiple sounds of something heavy falling into water or landing softly.
- There were three loud kerplunks from the well.
- We heard several kerplunks as the boys jumped off the dock.
- The kerplunks of the falling fruit echoed in the orchard.