plink

English

Etymology

Onomatopoeic.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /plɪŋk/
• Rhymes: -ɪŋk

Noun

plink (plural plinks)

1. A short, high-pitched metallic or percussive sound.

Verb

plink (third-person singular simple present plinks, present participle plinking, simple past and past participle plinked)

1. To make a plink sound.
2. (with "out") (colloquial) To play a song or a portion of a song, usually on a percussion instrument such as a piano.
   • 1971: Louis C. Reichman, Barry J. Wishart, American Politics and Its Interpreters

     He can plink out Let Me Call You Sweetheart for reporters on a piano or rib himself on television talk shows […]

   • 1997: Kevin Osborn, Signe Larson, The Complete Idiot's Guide to Bringing Up Baby

     Your child may also begin to plink out a few notes on a xylophone or toy piano before her first birthday.

   • 2004: Angela Elwell Hunt, The Truth Teller

     The female deputy sat down at the ramshackle piano and proceeded to plink out the opening notes of "Heart and Soul."