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Recent Examples of plink
Lila Battis, Travel + Leisure, 2 Aug. 2023
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
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
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Noun
The plink of a piano wafted in from the Music Hall by the water’s edge, and on a nearby point, the American flag billowed in the breeze.
—Lila Battis, Travel + Leisure, 2 Aug. 2023
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
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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for plink
Verb
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Stillman said the criminal investigations division of the Minnesota DHS, which had access to bank records and cellular data, discovered that the department’s payments to child care providers would ping around the world to multiple banks in different countries and end up in East Africa.—
Mia Cathell,
The Washington Examiner,
28 Mar. 2026
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As Caicedo tried to ping the ball forward to Cole Palmer, his attempt ricocheted off Santos and Zaire-Emery dribbled into Chelsea’s half.—
Tom Burrows,
New York Times,
17 Mar. 2026
Verb
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At age 36, Stamkos can still snipe.—
Andrew Knoll,
Daily News,
5 Apr. 2026
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The meetings last year involved a lot of yelling and sniping back and forth, Thomson said after Tuesday’s meeting.—
Abigail Hasebroock,
Sun Sentinel,
31 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Magaletti ventures a tentative introduction of brushes on snares; following the muted peal of distant thunder, upsammy chimes in with a plangent synthesizer sequence reminiscent of Arovane and other IDM producers from around the turn of the millennium.—
Philip Sherburne,
Pitchfork,
13 Apr. 2026
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The silence of the lake—save for the gentle peal of church bells on Sunday mornings and the plop of ducks plunging beneath the water surface—is a rare and unforgettable pleasure.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
5 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Netflix’s bracingly nasty action-thriller Apex is a fine addition, plonking the star down in a rugged Australian landscape and throwing nature’s formidable might at her while stirring a psychotic serial killer into the mix.—
David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
23 Apr. 2026
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He was plunked before a piano at age 3 and could play by ear by 5.—
Jessica Gelt,
Los Angeles Times,
23 Apr. 2026
Noun
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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
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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 synthesizer riff starts to clink.—
Jackson McHenry,
Vulture,
17 Apr. 2026
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As the bullet weight clinks and clacks along the bottom, bass will key in on your rig and follow it.—
Derek Horner,
Outdoor Life,
2 Apr. 2026
Verb
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The America First Legal advocacy organization, which peppered corporate America with discrimination complaints, has used that footage in complaints.—
Jessica Guynn,
USA Today,
30 Apr. 2026
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With this opening, Bad Bakers has six locations peppered across the region, in Sacramento, Folsom, Roseville, Elk Grove and now West Sacramento.—
Sean Timberlake,
Sacbee.com,
30 Apr. 2026
Noun
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In front of us was the end of the line where the tram would come to a stop with its own special lively clang.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
13 Feb. 2026
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In a video that has since gone viral, Strelow's teammates are seen clapping when a clang can be heard.—
Juliana Kim,
NPR,
12 Feb. 2026
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“Plink.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/plink. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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