Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- intransitive verb To cause to make a soft, sharp, metallic sound; clink.
- intransitive verb To shoot at casually.
- intransitive verb To make a soft, sharp, metallic sound.
- intransitive verb To shoot casually at random targets.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A short, high-pitched sound
- verb with "out" (
colloquial ) Toplay a song or a portion of a song, usually on apercussion instrument such as apiano .
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
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Examples
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This morning I schlepped my angst-filled self to the dentist prepared to hear I have another infection or something and as she was polishing up my temporary filling I hear a "plink" and felt something fly from my mouth!
Archive 2008-10-01 jek-a-go-go 2008
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This morning I schlepped my angst-filled self to the dentist prepared to hear I have another infection or something and as she was polishing up my temporary filling I hear a "plink" and felt something fly from my mouth!
The tooth is fine, it's my sinuses... jek-a-go-go 2008
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If you have a noise, you might as well have a funny noise; not that you'll have to hold your sides when you behold "plink," but I think it's about 3 1/4 times funnier than "crash."
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If you have a noise, you might as well have a funny noise; not that you'll have to hold your sides when you behold "plink," but I think it's about 3 1/4 times funnier than "crash."
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bitterness, anger, uptightness and my sphincters all relaxed and i breathed a bit better and i swear i heard the "plink" of a tiny bit of crustiness fall off our relationship so no more fighting at the sink.... and apologies to P...
my imaginary argument faerian 2009
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I consider .22 pretty useless as I seldom plink '.
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I consider .22 pretty useless as I seldom plink '.
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Was looking for a rifle merely to plink and use up lots of 40 cal ammo that I have.
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It is really fun to plink and varmint hunt with those little bullets.
Okay, I've heard nice things about all the rifles that I'm about to list. 2009
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It is really fun to plink and varmint hunt with those little bullets.
Okay, I've heard nice things about all the rifles that I'm about to list. 2009
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