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plink

/plɪŋk/

plink noun: a short, high-pitched metallic or percussive sound.

Noun

plink (plural plinks)

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

Verb

plink (third-person singular simple present plinks, present participle plinking, simple past and past participle plinked)

  1. To make a plink sound.
  2. (colloquial) To play a song or a portion of a song, usually on a percussion instrument such as a piano.
    • 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
    • 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
  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 of plink

Noun
pluralplinks
Verb
third-person singular presentplinks
present participleplinking
past participleplinked
pastplinked

Origin of plink

Onomatopoeic.

Words formed from plink

Words that rhyme with plink

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Questions about plink

What does plink mean?
Plink means a short, high-pitched metallic or percussive sound.
What part of speech is plink?
Plink can be a noun or a verb.
How do you pronounce plink?
Plink is pronounced /plɪŋk/.
What is the plural of plink?
The plural of plink is plinks.

Words near plink in the dictionary

  1. plinian
  2. Plinian eruption
  3. Plinian eruptions
  4. Plinies
  5. Plinius
  6. plink
  7. plinked
  8. plinker
  9. plinkers
  10. plinkety
  11. plinking

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