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- adjective informal Characterized by
plink sounds.
Etymologies
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Examples
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Wouldn't one expect China's national anthem [to] be more 'plinky'?
Slate Magazine Juliet Lapidos 2010
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There is no insert in these chips and therefore no "plinky" sound.
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Why doesn't everyone run out of Luther's office the very second the plinky plonky killer-on-the-loose music starts to play?
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Fan favorite "Heaven's On Fire" was a rare moment of liveliness, something well short of a rave up but with enough bounce and plinky keyboards to break the somber spell.
In concert: The Radio Dept. at Rock & Roll Hotel David Malitz 2011
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Why doesn't everyone run out of Luther's office the very second the plinky plonky killer-on-the-loose music starts to play?
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What you need for the lass is a plinky-plonky piano player in the background. :o
Scribibble. ginasketch 2009
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Also, whenever Abby and Connor are doing one of these scenes, the incidental music is an annoying plinky-plonky-ave-a-banarner-its-all-good-fun piece of synth slop, clearly meant to cue the viewer into the required yoofy-laffs frame of mind.
Primeval S3 Ep 9 – Attack Of The Zombie Dialogue Monsters! « INTERSTELLAR TACTICS 2009
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If you're like me, you've had that song from the MacBook Air commercial — the one with the plinky piano, the trombones and the singer who sounds like Feist but isn't Feist — stuck in your head since the ad first aired back in January.
The Apple of Our Ear 2008
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Tony DokoupilListening Room: Covering BritneyIf you're like me, you've had that song from the MacBook Air commercial — the one with the plinky piano, the trombones and the singer who sounds like Feist but isn't Feist — stuck in your head since the ad first aired in January.
Campaign Diplomacy: Why America May Take A Harder Line Against Russia 2008
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In Cloud Climber, you're a cute little man who – backed by vaguely narcoleptic plinky-plonk music – has to jump higher and higher into the sky on clouds collecting coins.
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