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plinky

UK/ˈplɪŋki/

plinky adjective: characterized by plink sounds.

Adjective

plinky (comparative plinkier, superlative plinkiest)

  1. (informal) Characterized by plink sounds.
    • On Saturday the band members laid down a series of playful indie-rock grooves: plinky keyboards and spidery guitar lines, rattling drums and nudging bass.2007 June 18, Kelefa Sanneh, “Preppie Afro-Pop and Other Odd Blends”, in New York Times

Forms of plinky

comparativeplinkier
superlativeplinkiest

Origin of plinky

From plink (“to make a plink sound”, verb) + -y (suffix forming adjectives with the sense ‘having the quality of’).

Words formed from plinky

Words that rhyme with plinky

18 more rhymesFewer rhymes

Questions about plinky

What does plinky mean?
Plinky means characterized by plink sounds.
What part of speech is plinky?
Plinky is an adjective.
How do you pronounce plinky?
Plinky is pronounced /ˈplɪŋki/ (UK).

Words near plinky in the dictionary

  1. plinkety
  2. plinking
  3. plinkings
  4. Plinko
  5. plinks
  6. plinky
  7. plinky-plonky
  8. Plinlimmon
  9. Plinlimon
  10. PLINQ
  11. plinth

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