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plink definition

☆ plink (pliŋk)

noun

a light, sharp, ringing or clinking sound

Etymology: echoic

transitive verb, intransitive verb

  1. to make such sounds on (a piano, banjo, etc.)
  2. to shoot at (tin cans or similar targets)

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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