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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.
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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.
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noun
  1. a plinking sound.
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Origin of plink

First recorded in 1965–70; imitative
Related formsplink·er, noun
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Historical Examples

  • 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

  • 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.

British Dictionary definitions for plink

plink

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

Word Origin

C20: of imitative origin
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Word Origin and History for plink

v.

1941, imitative. As a noun from 1954. Related: Plinked; plinking.

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