Plinker

Quick meaning: Plinker is a noun meaning A person who shoots at makeshift targets.

Meaning

A person who shoots at makeshift targets.

More Meanings

1. A firearm used to shoot at makeshift targets.
2. One who makes a plinking sound.

Example Sentences

The consumption rate of piano plinkers was terrific.

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.

[…] 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.

Plinkers, also called gallery shooters, don't need a formal shooting range for their sport. They shoot at things that respond. Many plinkers pick out a can or piece of charcoal to set on a spot with a safe background, then try to knock it down […]

Word Forms

• plinkers

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