Green’s Dictionary of Slang

1. (Irish) to hit.

1842		Flash (N.Y.) 10 July 2/2: Lilly got a pretty hard one on the pimple, dodged another and [...] planted a severe facer.
1853		N.Y. Clipper n.p.: Jones made several attempts to plant upon him .
1866		Wild Boys of London I 192/1: He planted one fair on the nose of his opponent.
1878–9		A. Garcia Tough Trip Through Paradise (1977) 37: I have a good mind to plant you right here, you two-faced sneak.
1889		H. O’Reilly Fifty Years on the Trail 169: I planted him one in the ‘bread basket’.
1894		Mirror of Life 14 Apr. 2/2: Imagine [...] Peter Jackson portraying the part of the old decrepit nigger, and instead of pleading [...] for mercy, walking up to the slave-driver and planting his ‘auctioneer’ on the jaw!
1914		Sport (Adelaide) 2 Oct. 5/4: Mind the pommy does not plant you one, old boy.
1918		A.N. Depew Gunner Depew 16: I planted him one in the kidneys and another in the mouth.
1934		Joe Archibald ‘Time Will Tell’ in Phantom Detective Sept. 🌐 ‘Shut up, ya old devil!’ he snarled huskily. ‘Or I’ll plant ya.’.
1985		N. Pileggi Wiseguy (2001) 20: Jimmy could plant you just as fast as shake your hand.
1991		(con. 1920s) O.D. Brooks Legs 159: I planted him there with the ball of my hand. It spattered blood all over his kisser.
2000		F. Mac Anna Cartoon City 205: He stuck out his chin. ‘Here look, plant one on me, I mean it. If anyone deserves a fist sandwich, then it’s me.’.

2. (Irish) to kill, to shoot dead.

1890		A.C. Gunter Miss Nobody of Nowhere 27: Shoot your man dead in this community fust, and call him a liar afterward; otherwise, you’ll be planted before you’ve got used to the climate.
1900		A.H. Lewis ‘Jess’ in Sandburrs 22: This yere Watkins is goin’ to die. You’ve planted him.

3. of a man, to have sexual intercourse.

2001

K. Sampson Outlaws (ms.) 76: The lad starts to straightforward fuck her, him on top planting her dead hard and dead fast.