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plinked

plinked is the simple past and past participle of plink.

Meaning of plink

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
  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

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What is plinked the simple past and past participle of?
Plinked is the simple past and past participle of plink.

Words near plinked in the dictionary

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

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