2. Verb. (context: with "out") (colloquial) To play a song or a portion of a song, usually on a percussion instrument such as a piano. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Plink
1. to shoot at random targets [v -ED, -ING, -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Plink
Literary usage of Plink
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Story of Arizona by William Henry Robinson (1919)
"Here is one song that Bourke quotes, guitar accompaniment and all: "No me mires
con esos tus ojos, (Fluke-fluky-fluke; plink, ..."
2. Southern Writers: Selections in Prose and Verse by William Peterfield Trent (1905)
"... en 'gun ter chune 'er up—plink, plank, plunk, plink ! plunk, plank, plink,
plunk ! " Uncle Remus's imitation of the tuning of a fiddle was marvellous ..."
3. Folio (1885)
"Tet I can plonk and plunk and plink and tune her up and play, And jest lean back
and laugh and ... And so I plunk and plonk and plink, and rosum-up my bow, ..."
4. The Story of Arizona by William Henry Robinson (1919)
"Here is one song that Bourke quotes, guitar accompaniment and all: "No me mires
con esos tus ojos, (Fluke-fluky-fluke; plink, ..."
5. Southern Writers: Selections in Prose and Verse by William Peterfield Trent (1905)
"... en 'gun ter chune 'er up—plink, plank, plunk, plink ! plunk, plank, plink,
plunk ! " Uncle Remus's imitation of the tuning of a fiddle was marvellous ..."
6. Folio (1885)
"Tet I can plonk and plunk and plink and tune her up and play, And jest lean back
and laugh and ... And so I plunk and plonk and plink, and rosum-up my bow, ..."
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