Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to
show current usage.Read More
Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors.
Send us feedback.
Recent Examples of plink
Noun
The plink of a piano wafted in from the Music Hall by the water’s edge, and on a nearby point, the American flag billowed in the breeze.—Lila Battis, Travel + Leisure, 2 Aug. 2023 Over slight variations of the same round-and-round keyboard plink, Boo becomes a sassy stripper confronting cheap patrons on ‘Can I Get Paid?’.—Bethonie Butler, Washington Post, 4 Jan. 2023
Verb
Here’s a kalimba, an African thumb piano with metal tines that plink like a music box.—Washington Post, 15 Aug. 2021 On Saturday summer evenings, my dad, brother, cousins, Uncle Hans, and I spent countless hours there plinking at marauding rats.—Gerry Bethge, Outdoor Life, 21 Apr. 2020 See All Example Sentences for plink
Authorities said Casey’s phone was pinged and later showed a remote spot between Thunder mountain trail and Nugget Creek trail, which prompted rescue teams to respond to the area of the ping.
—
David Chiu,
PEOPLE,
4 Sep. 2025
InReach is used to send messages to other people using the Garmin Messenger app, to ping your location to them and for SOS alerts.
Players can also peak and lean around corners, which minimizes the opportunities to get sniped.
—
Gieson Cacho,
Mercury News,
7 Aug. 2025
The very antisemitism that Renoir underscores with the dialogue and the casting was partly responsible for the film’s commercial failure: right-wing viewers, aware of Renoir’s left-wing politics, came out to boo when Dalio was onscreen, and rightist critics sniped at the character, too.
Amid grills cooking savory barbecue, bubbles blowing from an ice cream truck, face painting and peals of laughter from kids in a nearby bouncy house, Justine Mosely Stephens was struggling not to tear up.
—
Darcel Rockett,
Chicago Tribune,
6 July 2025
Amal wore a strapless white Tamara Ralph Haute Couture gown which was draped in peals from top to bottom, with some wrapped around her arms below the shoulder.
From the almost humorous to the truly torturous, being plunked into unknown wilderness in total isolation—which is what happens on Alone—results in all manner of strange mental phenomenon.
—
Woniya Thibeault,
Outside,
26 Aug. 2025
As if that isn’t enough, Isa’s plunks a tamarind-coated straw and a gummy snack on top.
Of course, this stat includes the myriad styles of chardonnay, even if our collective imagination pictures throngs of stereotypical oaky chard drinkers clinking glasses while snacking on sticks of butter.
—
Devin Parr,
Forbes.com,
29 Aug. 2025
Few places rival the electric thrill of a casino: air thick with smoke, chips clinking, muted footsteps on velvet carpets, all cast in the glow of glitzy chandeliers and neon slot machines.
Share