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What (who) is plinking - definition

INFORMAL TARGET SHOOTING
Plinker; Recreational shooting
  • Metal target used for plinking
  • An orange, lemon and beet on a target stand.
  • Metal can used for plinking

plinking         
To fire a 22-caliber weapon at metal cans. Popular form of male recreation in the American South.
Many good marksmen learned their shooting skills by plinking as kids.
Plinking         
Plinking refers to informal target shooting done for pleasure, typically at non-standard targets such as road signs, tin cans, logs, bottles, or any other homemade or naturally occurring target.
Tank plinking         
TERM USED IN THE GULF WAR, BUT DISCOURAGED BY THE MILITARY, OF DESTROYING A TARGET WITH AN OVERLY CAPABLE WEAPON
Tank-plinking
Tank plinking is the military practice of using precision-guided munitions to destroy artillery, armored personnel carriers, tanks, and other targets. The term was coined by pilots during the Gulf War, but discouraged by the military.

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Plinking

Plinking refers to informal target shooting done for pleasure, typically at non-standard targets such as tin cans, logs, bottles, or any other homemade or naturally occurring target.

Pronunciation examples for plinking
1. to making plinking noises.
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Examples of use of plinking
1. "If you have people start plinking around with weapons, then you have accidents," he said.
2. "I used to fire it at bottles or do some plinking in the woods," said the gun‘s owner, 48–year–old Bruce Bourne.
3. The hurricane, Faust said, "was like a bad dream." He had been looking forward to getting back to work, plinking away at his bachelor‘s degree, and perhaps going to law school after graduation.
4. The hurricane, Faust said, was like a bad dream.‘‘ He had been looking forward to getting back to work, plinking away at his bachelor‘s degree, and perhaps going to law school after graduation.
5. April 18, 2007; A13 On Feb. ', Cho Seung Hui walked into a pawnshop on Main Street in Blacksburg, directly across the street from the Virginia Tech campus, and picked up one of the guns he would use in his deadly rampage Monday: a Walther .22–caliber pistol, a relatively inexpensive firearm most commonly used for target shooting or plinking cans.