Plinker
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 A person who shoots at makeshift targets.
"Game wardens anywhere know about "plinkers" — those gun-toting folks, mostly urban, young, and male, who will shoot at anything that moves. In the deserts, urban centers are growing. Plinkers are legion."
- 2 A firearm used to shoot at makeshift targets.
"[…] the plinking gun should be more of a target arm than a defense or hunting gun, and ideally it should be one stage more sophisticated than the basic $35 to $45 revolver which many think of as a plinker."
- 3 One who makes a plinking sound.
"The consumption rate of piano plinkers was terrific."
Example
More examples"Game wardens anywhere know about "plinkers" — those gun-toting folks, mostly urban, young, and male, who will shoot at anything that moves. In the deserts, urban centers are growing. Plinkers are legion."
Etymology
From plink + -er.
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