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Meaning of kerplunk | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2
kəˈplʌŋk

Definitions

  1. A sound of someone or something falling and landing heavily.
  2. A disappointment which comes as a surprise.

Equivalents

Bosanski bum bum
Deutsch bum Krach
Français patatras
Hrvatski bum bum
Kurdî bum bûm
Македонски разочарување
Српски bum bum

Examples

“If my life were a Saturday-morning cartoon, you would have heard a loud kerplunk as my stomach dropped. My poor starving stomach. It was under such stress already, and now this.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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