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noun

Definition of plinknext
as in ping

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verb

1
as in to ping

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2
as in to snipe

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Recent Examples of plink
Noun
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 That leaves us with the plink master, the first rifle many of us called our own, the humble .22. — Johnny Carrol Sain, Outdoor Life, 6 Oct. 2020
Verb
High capacity allows target shooters to plink away for longer periods without having to stop and laboriously handload. — Aaron Smith, Forbes, 11 Mar. 2021 The seven-time Grammy-winning Newman, sheltering in place with his dog whining in the background, sat down at his piano and casually plinked out an offering as comfortable as macaroni and cheese. — Steve Rubenstein, SFChronicle.com, 11 Apr. 2020 See All Example Sentences for plink
Recent Examples of Synonyms for plink
  1. ping
  2. snipe
  3. peal
  4. plunk
  5. tintinnabulation
  6. clink
  7. pepper
  8. clang
Verb
  • Phones have to be powered on for cellphone data to ping, but the phone's user does not have to be making calls or texts.
    — Audrey Conklin, Fox News, 13 Mar. 2025
  • Meanwhile, Jones’ phone last pinged at 5:01 p.m. on Feb. 8, according to the report.
    — Abigail Adams, People.com, 4 Mar. 2025
Definition of ping
Verb
  • Just 57 seconds later, Lincoln Hennessey sniped a shot in transition to push things back to 4-1, and his team wasn’t quite finished.
    — Brendan Connelly, Boston Herald, 7 Mar. 2025
  • The group had been sniping at Lara ever since his election, accusing him of taking campaign money from insurers and not aggressively overseeing their operations.
    — Dan Walters, The Mercury News, 25 Feb. 2025
Definition of snipe
Noun
  • Instead, fans turned the nasty weather into a party, cheering louder at every peal of thunder.
    — Greg Cote, Miami Herald, 4 Mar. 2025
  • The heartwarming bond between a toddler and his chocolate Labrador retriever has captured the internet's attention, as the dog's playful antics sent the little boy into peals of laughter.
    — Dan Perry, Newsweek, 28 Feb. 2025
Definition of peal
Verb
  • Taking seedlings straight from indoors and plunking them into the garden is a shock.
    — Andy Wilcox, Better Homes & Gardens, 15 Feb. 2025
  • In his final start of 2018, Sabathia plunked Tampa Bay’s Jesus Sucre in response to the Rays’ Andrew Kittredge throwing behind Austin Romine earlier in the game.
    — Peter Sblendorio, The Mercury News, 21 Jan. 2025
Definition of plunk
Noun
  • Though this installation of tintinnabulation has been a feature of the garden for more than a decade, some frequent visitors only noticed the chimes this summer, when a small crew recently installed them in a large linden tree adjacent to Parade Stadium.
    — Kim Hyatt, Star Tribune, 23 July 2021
  • Shivaree, chthonian, erumpent, tintinnabulation, exonumia, requiescat, deipnosophist, omphaloskepsis, horripilation, deliquesce, apopemptic.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 26 Oct. 2021
Definition of tintinnabulation
Verb
  • As people clinked glasses of Moët & Chandon, Hadid and fellow model Josephine Skriver caught up near marble plinths while Naomi Campbell and the French Minister of Culture, Rachida Dati, shared airkisses tableside.
    — Freya Drohan, Vogue, 5 Mar. 2025
  • The Maha season refused to mark its beginning, so the sounds of the irrigation tanks clinked and rattled through the city, promising water amid the drought.
    — Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 20 Feb. 2025
Definition of clink
Verb
  • Owens came back by peppering Zayn with several shots using a trash can lid.
    — Alfred Konuwa, Forbes, 2 Mar. 2025
  • The tone was different than at many of the rallies peppering D.C.
    — Anna Spiegel, Axios, 28 Feb. 2025
Definition of pepper
Noun
  • The clang of hammers mixed with bird calls drifted up from the harbor.
    — Peggy Orenstein, AFAR Media, 6 Jan. 2025
  • One in a while, a veteran wandered or fell onto the trolley tracks and didn’t hear or chose not to hear the warning clang of the bell of an approaching train.
    — Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 6 Dec. 2024
Definition of clang

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