单词 | plinking |
释义 | plinkingn. The action of plink v. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > performing music > playing instruments > [noun] > playing in plunking manner plunking1913 plinking1938 1938 J. Fante Wait until Spring, Bandini x. 257 He heard..the plinking of his father's stone mallet when it struck the dressing chisel and split the stone asunder. 1977 J. Cleary High Road to China iv. 139 The General practising his banjo..the plinking of the strings. 1978 Detroit Free Press 2 Apr. 8 e/1 Say you owned a handgun and wanted to take it out for plinking or target practice. 2004 Hartford (Connecticut) (Nexis) 28 Oct. 6 The plinking of an unusual Far Eastern-sounding stringed instrument. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). plinkingadj. That plinks (in senses of the verb); (also) consisting of plinks. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > competitive shooting > [adjective] > relating to shooting a gun at a target plinking1891 the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > resonance or sonority > ringing sound > [adjective] > clinking or chinking clinking1716 chinking1800 plinking1891 plinky1926 1891 J. J. H. Burgess Rasmie's Büddie 89 An peerie, plinkin watter-faas Ta ean anidder sang. 1961 Guns & Hunting Dec. 11/2 You may therefore convert the gun into a small-game and plinking arm. 1977 R. E. Harrington Quintain xiv. 162 Quintain heard a brittle plinking sound that went from a high tone to a low tone. 1992 Folk Roots Sept. 55/1 Rattle of the Drum..has a nice line in plinking mandolin which maintains a riff that engrains into your brain. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1938adj.1891 |
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