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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

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
In Parliament Square, the music was drowned out by the peals of Westminster Abbey.

— Sam Knight, New Yorker, 14 May 2026

Definition of peal

Verb

The filmmaker was attending a men’s quarterfinal match (between Flavio Cobolli and Arthur Fery) at the All England Club Wednesday when his cell phone began to ping.

— Matthew Carey, Deadline, 9 July 2026
Operators were able to ping her cell phone, prompting a search in the area by the Sheriff’s Office, along with Fire and Rescue personnel, swiftwater rescue assets, a TXDPS Air Unit, and drones.

— Natassia Paloma, USA Today, 16 June 2026

Definition of ping

Verb

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
Shortly thereafter, Jackson Dodge sniped the cage, giving the Warriors their first lead of the afternoon at 2-1.

— Brendan Connelly, Boston Herald, 10 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

Adell, who homered in the third inning, took three straight balls from O’Brien (3-4) before getting plunked by the next pitch to force in the winning run.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 21 July 2026
The result was a complex of squat, one- or two-level buildings with metal and glass siding, surrounded by a moat of parking spaces, with Google signs plunked into the dirt out front.

— Claire Stapleton, New Yorker, 18 July 2026

Definition of plunk

Verb

The typical guests were generally older couples, average age somewhere around 55-65, peppered here and there with larger groups of friends or families.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 July 2026
Usually, that meant simply shaking salt and pepper over the tomato slices.

— Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 27 July 2026

Definition of pepper

Noun

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
Brunson, who scored 36 and otherwise was the co-author of the comeback, had a 3-pointer clang off the front of the rim, but Anunoby soared over everyone to guide the miss and tip it in.

— Joe Vardon, New York Times, 11 June 2026

Definition of clang

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