Plunker — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

(baseball) hitting a baseball so that it drops suddenly

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/plˈʌŋkɚ/

🇬🇧British English

/plˈʌŋkə/

🇮🇳Indian English

/plˈʌŋkə/

2 syllables Say it as /plˈʌŋkɚ/.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

plunk

Around the World

Europe

🇫🇷French

plongeur

(baseball) frapper une balle de baseball pour qu'elle tombe soudainement

🇪🇸Spanish

plomero

(béisbol) golpear una pelota de béisbol para que caiga repentinamente

🇳🇱Dutch

plunjer

(honkbal) een honkbal raken zodat deze plotseling valt

🇵🇹Portuguese

desentupidor

(beisebol) acertar uma bola de beisebol de forma que ela caia repentinamente

🇷🇺Russian

пинчер

(бейсбол) ударить по бейсбольному мячу так, что он внезапно упадет

India

🇮🇳Hindi

प्लंकर

(बेसबॉल) बेसबॉल को मारना ताकि वह अचानक गिर जाए

🇧🇩Bengali

প্লাঙ্কার

(বেসবল) একটি বেসবলকে আঘাত করা যাতে এটি হঠাৎ নেমে যায়

🇮🇳Tamil

பிளங்கர்

(பேஸ்பால்) ஒரு பேஸ்பால் அடித்தால் அது திடீரென்று விழும்

🇮🇳Telugu

ప్లంకర్

(బేస్ బాల్) బేస్ బాల్ ను కొట్టడం వలన అది అకస్మాత్తుగా పడిపోతుంది

🇮🇳Marathi

प्लंकर

(बेसबॉल) बेसबॉलला मारणे जेणेकरून ते अचानक खाली पडेल

🇮🇳Gujarati

પ્લંકર

(બેઝબોલ) બેઝબોલને મારવો જેથી તે અચાનક નીચે પડી જાય

🇮🇳Kannada

ಪ್ಲಂಕರ್

(ಬೇಸ್‌ಬಾಲ್) ಬೇಸ್‌ಬಾಲ್ ಅನ್ನು ಹೊಡೆಯುವುದು ಇದರಿಂದ ಅದು ಇದ್ದಕ್ಕಿದ್ದಂತೆ ಬೀಳುತ್ತದೆ

🇮🇳Malayalam

പ്ലങ്കർ

(ബേസ്ബോൾ) ഒരു ബേസ്ബോൾ അടിക്കുമ്പോൾ അത് പെട്ടെന്ന് വീഴും

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਪਲੰਕਰ

(ਬੇਸਬਾਲ) ਇੱਕ ਬੇਸਬਾਲ ਨੂੰ ਮਾਰਨਾ ਤਾਂ ਜੋ ਇਹ ਅਚਾਨਕ ਡਿੱਗ ਜਾਵੇ

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

笨蛋

（棒球）击打棒球使其突然掉落

🇯🇵Japanese

プランカー

（野球）突然落ちるほど野球ボールを打つこと

🇰🇷Korean

플런저

(야구) 야구공을 쳐서 갑자기 떨어지게 하다

🇻🇳Vietnamese

người làm rơi đồ

(bóng chày) đánh quả bóng chày khiến nó rơi xuống đột ngột

🇹🇭Thai

คนวางระเบิด

(เบสบอล) ตีลูกเบสบอลจนหล่นกะทันหัน

🇮🇩Indonesian

tukang plunker

(Bisbol) memukul bola bisbol sehingga jatuh secara tiba-tiba

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

الغطاس

(البيسبول) ضرب كرة البيسبول بحيث تسقط فجأة

🇮🇷Persian

پلانکر

(بیس بال) ضربه زدن به توپ بیسبال به طوری که ناگهان بیفتد

🇹🇷Turkish

dalgıç

(beyzbol) beyzbol topuna vurarak aniden düşmesini sağlamak

🇮🇱Hebrew

פלנקר

(בייסבול) להכות כדור בייסבול כך שהוא יורד בפתאומיות

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The primary meaning of 'plunker' is '(baseball) hitting a baseball so that it drops suddenly'.

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