plink

[ plingk ]
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verb (used without object)
  1. to shoot, as with a rifle, at targets selected at whim: to plink at coins tossed in the air.

  2. to make a series of short, light, ringing sounds.

verb (used with object)
  1. to shoot at for practice or amusement, as with a rifle: to plink bottles set along a fence railing.

  2. to cause to make a series of short, light, ringing sounds.

noun
  1. a plinking sound.

Origin of plink

1
First recorded in 1965–70; imitative

Other words from plink

  • plinker, noun

Words Nearby plink

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How to use plink in a sentence

  • So the gnarble swam around inside, trying very hard to think, And while he did, his floppy tail was tickling the plink.

  • The gnarble almost made it to the surface of the sea, But the plink chomped down and swallowed him as if he were a pea.

  • But his mouth was open long enough for the gnarble to swim free, He swam so fast the hungry plink did not have time to see.

  • Hardly had the word "brigands" crept into my mind with an accompaniment of heart-beats something like the plink!

    The Lightning Conductor | C. N. Williamson

British Dictionary definitions for plink

plink

/ (plɪŋk) /


noun
  1. a short sharp often metallic sound as of a string on a musical instrument being plucked or a bullet striking metal

verb
  1. (intr) to make such a noise

  2. to hit (a target, such as a tin can) by shooting or to shoot at such a target

Origin of plink

1
C20: of imitative origin

Derived forms of plink

  • plinking, noun, adjective

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