Thesaurus results for PLINK

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noun

Definition of plink

as in ping

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plink

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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 said efforts to ping his phone location were unsuccessful.

— Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 19 Sep. 2026
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

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

Op de Beeck seemed right at home plunked on one of his polyester Chesterfields, observing the artisans quietly assembling leather goods beyond the bamboo.

— Miles Socha, Footwear News, 11 Sep. 2026
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

Definition of plunk

Verb

Television commercials featuring the likes of Alabama great Nick Saban have peppered college football broadcasts this month, and Cruz appeared on ESPN's College GameDay to promote the bill.

— Becky Sullivan, NPR, 28 Sep. 2026
Season with the chili powder, paprika, salt, and pepper and pat the seasoning into the meat.

— ABC News, ABC News, 23 Sep. 2026

Definition of pepper

Noun

The Cage felt like a useful spot to work out any resentments lingering in your psyche, all the old grievances dissipating with the clang of aluminum on cowhide.

— Amanda Petrusich, New Yorker, 7 Sep. 2026
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

Definition of clang

Verb

Twelve of the most powerful football owners, chairmen and CEOs clinked glasses and talked shop.

— James Horncastle, New York Times, 5 Sep. 2026
The event’s beer tent is large enough for 1,000 people, so grab your friends and plan to clink mugs with new ones, too.

— Erika Ebsworth-Goold, Midwest Living, 1 Sep. 2026

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