Definitions
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- verb Present participle of
plink . - noun firearms informal
target shooting done at non-traditional targets such as tin cans, glass bottles and wood blocks.
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Examples
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Some people use a method called plinking to make the link easier.
Shoryuken SpiralDragon 2010
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Also, paper targets are boring for younger shooters -- but I would advise against getting younger shooters into the "plinking" mentality, where they don't know or really care where their bullets hit, as long as they get a reaction from the target.
Paper Versus Meat 2008
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Making the Serb populace suffer by striking power stations -- not "plinking" tanks in the Kosovo countryside -- threatened his hold on power.
The Kosovo Cover-Up 2008
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In a letter to range owner Evelyn Schmitt, IDNR officials are threatening court action if she doesn't agree to shut down the "plinking" range by June 30 and consent to certain
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To my way of thinking, particularly given the bias I laid out for you in the beginning, 'plinking' is precisely how I think of this ammo.
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Cons: Inconsistent; Basically suitable for 'plinking'
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To my way of thinking, particularly given the bias I laid out for you in the beginning, 'plinking' is precisely how I think of this ammo.
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Cons: Inconsistent; Basically suitable for 'plinking'
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A side note to today's story about "plinking", meaning product linking within user-generated videos.
ClickZ News Blog 2009
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Leader "plinking" is not going to win the Afghan war and may end up destabilizing a U.S. ally.
GlobalResearch.ca 2009
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