plink
Example Sentences
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Here’s a kalimba, an African thumb piano with metal tines that plink like a music box.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 15, 2021
And so just on the day I said, “This is kind of weird, maybe plink the piano.”
From The Verge ● Dec. 4, 2019
He employed an orchestra, climbed inside a piano to plink its strings with a bobby pin, and incorporated everyday sounds like keys jangling or dogs barking into the songs.
From Washington Times ● Jun. 4, 2015
You could hear the plink of metal as it struck the painted wood floor.
From New York Times ● Oct. 17, 2012
The final plink of the tune was suspended in the air expectantly, waiting for the next note that would never come.
From "Three Little Words: A Memoir" by Ashley Rhodes-Courter
