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plink

  [plingk]
Use plinker in a Sentence
–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)
3. to shoot at for practice or amusement, as with a rifle: to plink bottles set along a fence railing.
4. to cause to make a series of short, light, ringing sounds.
–noun
5. a plinking sound.
Origin:
1965–70; imit.

Related forms:
plinker, noun
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plink   (plĭngk)   
v.   plinked, plink·ing, plinks

v.   tr.

  1. To cause to make a soft, sharp, metallic sound; clink.

  2. To shoot at casually.

v.   intr.

  1. To make a soft, sharp, metallic sound.

  2. To shoot casually at random targets.


[Imitative.]
plink'er n.
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