plinked; plinking; plinks
1
: to make a tinkling sound
2
: to shoot at random targets in an informal and noncompetitive manner
plinker
noun
: a tinkling metallic sound
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Graeme Wood, The Atlantic, 2 Sep. 2025
Stimson walks solemnly across Beowulf Boritt’s monochrome timber monolith of a set (planks, planks everywhere) and plinks out a few notes on a piano.
—Sara Holdren, Vulture, 10 Oct. 2024
Justin Davidson, Vulture, 13 May 2025
There’s also an experimental score by Daniel Blumberg made of bangs and piano plinks and noises that sound like a dozen balloons screaming.
—Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 18 Dec. 2024
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Verb
Iraq had plenty of small arms and ammunition, which could kill Americans but would often plink harmlessly off their armored vehicles.
—Graeme Wood, The Atlantic, 2 Sep. 2025
Stimson walks solemnly across Beowulf Boritt’s monochrome timber monolith of a set (planks, planks everywhere) and plinks out a few notes on a piano.
—Sara Holdren, Vulture, 10 Oct. 2024
Noun
The orchestration — rich, fluid, and glistening with the vaguely exotic plinks of the cimbalom — has the plushness of an antique carpet.
—Justin Davidson, Vulture, 13 May 2025
There’s also an experimental score by Daniel Blumberg made of bangs and piano plinks and noises that sound like a dozen balloons screaming.
—Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 18 Dec. 2024
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“Plink.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/plink. Accessed 8 Sep. 2025.
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