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plink en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /plɪŋk/
  • (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

Onomatopoeic.

Meanings

  1. A short, high-pitched metallic or percussive sound.
  2. The sound of water droplets falling onto a surface.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
plinks Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

plinky · plinker

plink en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • /plɪŋk/
  • (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

Onomatopoeic.

Meanings

  1. To make a plink sound.
  2. (with "out") (colloquial) To play a song or a portion of a song, usually on a percussion instrument such as a piano.
    • The female deputy sat down at the ramshackle piano and proceeded to plink out the opening notes of "Heart and Soul." 2004, Angela Elwell Hunt, The Truth Teller:
    • Your child may also begin to plink out a few notes on a xylophone or toy piano before her first birthday. 1997, Kevin Osborn, Signe Larson, The Complete Idiot's Guide to Bringing Up Baby:
    • He can plink out Let Me Call You Sweetheart for reporters on a piano or rib himself on television talk shows […] 1971, Louis C. Reichman, Barry J. Wishart, American Politics and Its Interpreters:
  3. To take part in the sport of plinking.
    • We plinked all week long in the slow-moving days between hunting seasons. Life Savers or Necco Wafers at 25 yards offhand, or 50 yards prone, and vanilla wafers offhand at 50 yards or prone at 100, were challenging targets. 1992, Ken Warner, Gun Digest, 1993, page 19:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
plinks Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
plinked Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
plinked Tense=Past lexicographic
plinking Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic

Deriveds

plinking