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Recent Examples of plink
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
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
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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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for plink
Verb
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Her cellphone often pings with an alert from some J6 group chat, or rings with a call from a J6 comrade seeking support or needing to vent.—
Meridith Kohut,
New York Times,
21 Feb. 2025
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In January, a 10-foot tagged great white shark named Crystal pinged off the Sarasota coast after pinging off Pensacola in December.—
Jon Chapman,
Miami Herald,
18 Feb. 2025
Verb
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The leads are largely stuck sniping at each other between bouts of labored philosophizing and personal backstory, never coming close to a credible mutual rapport.—
Dennis Harvey,
Variety,
26 Feb. 2025
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Mulready sniped a pair of goals, propelling No. 33 Middleboro/Carver/Wareham (10-9-2) to a wild 4-2 victory over No. 32 Ludlow in a Div. 3 preliminary.—
Brendan Connelly,
Boston Herald,
25 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Labored and unfunny, that film, from 2016, sounded like a cinematic death rattle rather than peals of joyous wedding bells.—
Elisabeth Vincentelli,
New York Times,
13 Feb. 2025
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Within hours of arriving, what sounded like a distant peal of thunder rolled in—in this case, the rumble of a harmless, but still awe-inspiring, small-scale avalanche.—
Samantha Falewée,
Condé Nast Traveler,
11 Oct. 2024
Verb
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Taking seedlings straight from indoors and plunking them into the garden is a shock.—
Andy Wilcox,
Better Homes & Gardens,
15 Feb. 2025
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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
Noun
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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
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Shivaree, chthonian, erumpent, tintinnabulation, exonumia, requiescat, deipnosophist, omphaloskepsis, horripilation, deliquesce, apopemptic.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
26 Oct. 2021
Verb
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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
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In the crowd, her husband, Jay-Z, clinked glasses with fellow nominee Taylor Swift.—
Caché McClay,
USA TODAY,
3 Feb. 2025
Verb
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McFadden peppered both sides with questions during arguments over a lawsuit the AP filed Friday saying that its 1st Amendment rights were being violated by the ban, which began gradually two weeks ago.—
Matt Sedensky,
Los Angeles Times,
24 Feb. 2025
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Less than 24 hours after Smart’s trade from the Memphis Grizzlies to the Washington Wizards became official, youngsters Bilal Coulibaly and Bub Carrington peppered him with questions about how to become better defenders.—
Josh Robbins,
The Athletic,
20 Feb. 2025
Noun
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The clang of hammers mixed with bird calls drifted up from the harbor.—
Peggy Orenstein,
AFAR Media,
6 Jan. 2025
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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
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“Plink.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/plink. Accessed 5 Mar. 2025.
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