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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. v. To cause to make a soft, sharp, metallic sound; clink.
  2. v. To shoot at casually.
  3. v. To make a soft, sharp, metallic sound.
  4. v. To shoot casually at random targets.

Wiktionary

  1. n. A short, high-pitched sound
  2. v. To play a song or a portion of a song, usually on a percussion instrument such as a piano.

Etymologies

  1. Imitative.

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‘plink’ has been looked up 1096 times, added to 8 lists, and has a Scrabble score of 11.