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Meaning of kerplunk | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

/kəˈplʌŋk/

Definitions

A sound of someone or something falling and landing heavily.
informal
A disappointment which comes as a surprise.
US, dated, figuratively, slang

Equivalents

Deutsch bum Krach

Français patatras

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.

See also

kerpow Kerr Kerr black hole Kerr cell Kerr County Kerr effect