plinky
adjUS, UK /ˈplɪŋki/
Etymology From plink (“to make a plink sound”, verb) + -y (suffix forming adjectives with the sense ‘having the quality of’).
1
Informal Characterized by plink sounds.
- On Saturday the band members laid down a series of playful indie-rock grooves: plinky keyboards and spidery guitar lines, rattling drums and nudging bass.2007 June 18, Kelefa Sanneh, “Preppie Afro-Pop and Other Odd Blends”, in New York Times:
- Derived terms
- plinky-plonky