informal
■ verb
1》 play a keyboard or plucked stringed instrument in an inexpressive way.
2》 chiefly N. Amer. set down heavily or abruptly.
3》 US hit (someone) abruptly.
■ noun
1》 a ~ing sound.
2》 N. Amer. an act of setting something down heavily.
3》 US a heavy blow.
Origin
C19: prob. imitative.