Thesaurus results for PLINK

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noun

Definition of plink

as in ping

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verb

as in to ping

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as in to snipe

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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

Verb

Ranging as far as two miles from their operators, the tiny drones plink Russian vehicles and even chase down, and blow up, individual Russian soldiers who swat at them with rifles and sticks. — David Axe, Forbes, 16 Feb. 2024 Crepuscular synth pads plink over gritty drum kicks, and by the time the blaring alarm sounds, you’ll be fully entangled with a new lover. — Pitchfork, 13 Dec. 2023 See All Example Sentences for plink

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Noun

One of the more surreal responses to that experience is applause, which ripples through the audience of Paranormal Activity a beat after all the major scares, like rain settling in after a peal of thunder.

— Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 26 Aug. 2026
Assuming the role of a human clapper, Holzinger struck its lip again and again, sending a sonorous peal across the Biennale grounds.

— Tessa Solomon, ARTnews.com, 24 June 2026

Definition of peal

Verb

Police contacted the woman’s cellphone carrier two days later to ping her phone, but the company was unable to provide any information on the location of Brophy’s device.

— Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 14 Aug. 2026
According to the report, the girl’s mother contacted the local police department after her daughter told her of her whereabouts, and said that family members were able to ping her exact location.

— Austin Horn, Miami Herald, 7 Aug. 2026

Definition of ping

Verb

Both sides have consequently dug legal and PR trenches to snipe at the other and rally endorsements.

— Dominic Patten, Deadline, 14 Aug. 2026
All day, the spokespeople for the city and the arena sniped at each other in statements about the security around MSG and the fate of a watch party caught in the snares.

— Hannah Keyser, CNN Money, 11 June 2026

Definition of snipe

Noun

Cloudy chords, meditative tintinnabulation, the whoosh of wind and rain, blocks of iridescent brass — all these discrete sonorities trundled by, like a train of boxcars with panoramas painted on their sides.

— Justin Davidson, Vulture, 22 Sep. 2025
Shivaree, chthonian, erumpent, tintinnabulation, exonumia, requiescat, deipnosophist, omphaloskepsis, horripilation, deliquesce, apopemptic.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 26 Oct. 2021

Definition of tintinnabulation

Verb

At the restaurant, tables plonked in the sand feel intimate and experiential as well as immersed in the changing colors of the sunset sky.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 25 Aug. 2026
Hentges put the tying run on base by plunking pinch-hitter Jahmai Jones, then Red Sox put runners on the corners as Andruw Monasterio beat out a potential double play ball.

— Justice delos Santos, Mercury News, 23 Aug. 2026

Definition of plunk

Verb

Evander Da Silva Ferreira scored his 13th goal — as Cincinnati peppered Seattle keeper Andrew Thomas with four shots in the 24th minute — to give Cincinnati a 1-0 lead.

— ABC News, ABC News, 22 Aug. 2026
Ahead of his first game back at Fenway Park, local reporters had their opportunity to pepper Devers with questions.

— Justice delos Santos, Mercury News, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of pepper

Noun

Construction vehicles beeped and chugged, and the intermittent buzz of saws mixed with the clang of heavy equipment.

— Matthew Adams, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 13 Aug. 2026
The soundtrack—by the frequent Hans Zimmer collaborator David Fleming—is a delight, a polyphonic mood board of ghost-clangs, spooky bassoons, lyrical electro-motifs, and sighing sea themes.

— James Parker, The Atlantic, 20 July 2026

Definition of clang

Verb

Just the sight of the glasses, dewy with condensation on the outside and filled to the rim with clinking ice, nearly chilled my body.

— Deborah Vankin, Los Angeles Times, 11 Aug. 2026
Miriam pulled one tooth, then another from her mouth, and clinked them into a porcelain dish on her nightstand.

— Rachel Yoder, New Yorker, 2 Aug. 2026

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