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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD PLINK

Of imitative origin.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF PLINK

plink  [plɪŋk] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PLINK

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Plink is a verb and can also act as a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb plink in English.

WHAT DOES PLINK MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Plink

Plink is a free and open-source command-line network connection tool similar to UNIX ssh written by Simon Tatham, author of another popular terminal emulator, serial console and network file transfer application name PuTTY It is mostly used for automated operations, such as making CVS access a repository on a remote server.

Definition of plink in the English dictionary

The first definition of plink in the dictionary is a short sharp often metallic sound as of a string on a musical instrument being plucked or a bullet striking metal. Other definition of plink is to make such a noise. Plink is also to hit by shooting or to shoot at such a target.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO PLINK

PRESENT

Present
I plink
you plink
he/she/it plinks
we plink
you plink
they plink
Present continuous
I am plinking
you are plinking
he/she/it is plinking
we are plinking
you are plinking
they are plinking
Present perfect
I have plinked
you have plinked
he/she/it has plinked
we have plinked
you have plinked
they have plinked
Present perfect continuous
I have been plinking
you have been plinking
he/she/it has been plinking
we have been plinking
you have been plinking
they have been plinking
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I plinked
you plinked
he/she/it plinked
we plinked
you plinked
they plinked
Past continuous
I was plinking
you were plinking
he/she/it was plinking
we were plinking
you were plinking
they were plinking
Past perfect
I had plinked
you had plinked
he/she/it had plinked
we had plinked
you had plinked
they had plinked
Past perfect continuous
I had been plinking
you had been plinking
he/she/it had been plinking
we had been plinking
you had been plinking
they had been plinking
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will plink
you will plink
he/she/it will plink
we will plink
you will plink
they will plink
Future continuous
I will be plinking
you will be plinking
he/she/it will be plinking
we will be plinking
you will be plinking
they will be plinking
Future perfect
I will have plinked
you will have plinked
he/she/it will have plinked
we will have plinked
you will have plinked
they will have plinked
Future perfect continuous
I will have been plinking
you will have been plinking
he/she/it will have been plinking
we will have been plinking
you will have been plinking
they will have been plinking
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would plink
you would plink
he/she/it would plink
we would plink
you would plink
they would plink
Conditional continuous
I would be plinking
you would be plinking
he/she/it would be plinking
we would be plinking
you would be plinking
they would be plinking
Conditional perfect
I would have plink
you would have plink
he/she/it would have plink
we would have plink
you would have plink
they would have plink
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been plinking
you would have been plinking
he/she/it would have been plinking
we would have been plinking
you would have been plinking
they would have been plinking
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you plink
we let´s plink
you plink
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to plink
Past participle
plinked
Present Participle
plinking
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PLINK


blink
blɪŋk
bobolink
ˈbɒbəˌlɪŋk
clink
klɪŋk
cufflink
ˈkʌfˌlɪŋk
dislink
dɪsˈlɪŋk
downlink
ˈdaʊnlɪŋk
enlink
ɪnˈlɪŋk
eyeblink
ˈaɪˌblɪŋk
hyperlink
ˈhaɪpəˌlɪŋk
iceblink
ˈaɪsˌblɪŋk
interlink
ˌɪntəˈlɪŋk
link
lɪŋk
Maeterlinck
ˈmeɪtəˌlɪŋk
Memlinc
ˈmɛmlɪŋk
permalink
ˈpɜːməˌlɪŋk
relink
riːˈlɪŋk
slink
slɪŋk
snowblink
ˈsnəʊˌblɪŋk
unlink
ʌnˈlɪŋk
uplink
ˈʌpˌlɪŋk

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PLINK

plight
plight one´s troth
plighter
plightful
plim
plimsole
plimsoll
Plimsoll line
pling
Plinian
plinker
plinking
plinth
plinth course
Pliny
Pliocene
pliofilm
pliosaur
pliotron
pliskie

WORDS THAT END LIKE PLINK

cramboclink
cross-link
cuff link
data link
drag link
fixed link
hot link
missing link
on the blink
radio link
rail link
satellite link
the missing link
the weakest link
weak link
weakest link

Synonyms and antonyms of plink in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «plink» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PLINK

Find out the translation of plink to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of plink from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «plink» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

PLINK
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

plink
570 millions of speakers

English

plink
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

plink
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

طقطقة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

палить
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

Plink
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ঠং
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

tinter
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Plink
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Plink
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ポロンポロンと鳴る
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

plink
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Plink
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

Plink
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

Plink
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

झुंबडणे
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

plink
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

plink
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Plink
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

палити
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

PLINK
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

plink
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

plienks
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

plink
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

plink
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of plink

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PLINK»

The term «plink» is regularly used and occupies the 88.327 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PLINK» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «plink» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «plink» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about plink

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PLINK»

Discover the use of plink in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to plink and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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PLINK: an intelligent natural language parser
PLINK has also been tested on garden path sentences and mimics human performance on these sentences. PLINK's knowledge base can also be easily transferred from one domain to another, so PLINK can quickly perform well in the new domain."
Christian Robert Huyck, 1994
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My Lord God Jesus Christ: no data
Plink, plink, plink, plink,” goes the little sink; “Plink, plink, plink, plink,” I swear I cannot think. The droplets fall so fast to almost ruin my mind; “Plink, plink, plink, plink,” a plumber is mine to find. “Plink, plink, plink, plink,” listen to them fall; “Plink , ...
William Furr, 2011
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Each of Us Is a Book: Poems for the Library Minded
an old piano someone donated long ago sits in the meeting room all day long plink, plink because our director couldn't say no it sits in the meeting room all day long plink, plink so many people go in the meeting room and pound on the piano  ...
David Drake, 2003
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SQL Hacks
Once you have started the Plink process, you cannot control it from Visual Basic. The way to shut down the tunnel is to kill the Plink process. Even if you stop the tunnel, your linked table still exists; it just doesn't work until you restart the tunnel,  ...
Andrew Cumming, Gordon Russell, 2006
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Rhythm to the Rescue!
Plink-a plink plink, plink, plink. 27 Г Г Г * * T Г If Plink-a plink plink, plink, plink. Plink-a plink plink plink. i Come on, now, _ let's do - si - do. _ Swing your part - ner to and fro. _ 35 П J > i Л Л J > i Л DC. alty CODA (end solo) xi Cir-cle to the left, ...
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SSH, The Secure Shell: The Definitive Guide
To enable the various kinds of forwarding with the command-line program Plink: Local portforwarding [9.2.1] Use the –L option, supplying the source port, remote server name, and remote port. For example, to forward local port 12345 to ...
Daniel Barrett, Richard Silverman, Robert Byrnes, 2005
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Recruited
The. Fish. PLINK,. PLINK . . . . PLINK . . . . plink, plink. Hannah was enjoying a particularly sound sleep, laced with visions of fairies and ballerinas, dancing and birthday parties. She was in a castle, standing in the main ballroom. The stone ...
Matt Slimming, 2010
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The Scandalous Ecstasies of the Statuesque Sensationalists
Puffcough gag—now'm chokin'! Cough gag urp—near ta croakin'!” Next, the lot of us, minus Jacqueline, began to mouth aloud the riki-tiki musical interlude: “Plink plink plink plink plink plink plink plink plink plink plink plink plink plink plink.
Leith Lachlan Wulf, 2014
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ECAI 2000: 14th European Conference on Artificial ...
This paper describes a human-like natural language parser called Plink. It works by parsing left-to-right through a sentence and keeping a complete representation of the partially read sentence- It does this by combining a sophisticated ...
Werner Horn, 2000
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The Search for Snout
Figuring this was a jealous reaction to the fact that I was paying attention to Plink, I reached up and stroked it, to reassure it that I was not thinking of replacing it. Meanwhile, I continued to study Plink, who had stopped too far away for me to be  ...
Bruce Coville, 2014

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PLINK»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term plink is used in the context of the following news items.
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Baseball Brings Arabs and Jews Together in Israel
... diamonds in the Baptist Village, east of Petah Tikva, the plink of aluminum bats punctuated adolescent shouts in Hebrew and English. «Algemeiner, Jul 15»
2
UFC on FOX 16 predictions, preview, and analysis
(plink) Oh, fuck me. There's a reason Edson Barboza has 10 knockouts in 15 wins. When he's allowed to work at range or take advantage of ... «MMAmania.com, Jul 15»
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Montclair Times 'Being There,' singing for the New Jersey Jackals
I step behind the mic, plink a quick two-bar guitar intro, then I lean in and start low: "Oh say can you see...," There's no turning back now. «NorthJersey.com, Jul 15»
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In 'Silence! The Musical,' Hannibal Lecter sings, and it isn't pretty
Jon and Al Kaplan's songs go plink-plink-plink, simple boilerplate for lyrics that are raunchy and rude without being frisky or daring. The jokes ... «Washington Post, Jul 15»
5
Captivating Classics at Centara Grand
The encore piece was Leroy Anderson's 1951 jolly composition for pizzicato strings entitled Plink, Plank, Plunk! which the orchestra seemed to ... «Pattaya Mail, Jul 15»
6
Feedback key to managing performance
David Plink, CEO of the Top Employers Institute, claims that performance management needs to be an agile process. He said: "A key finding of ... «SMEweb, Jul 15»
7
Analysis of exome sequence in 604 trios for recessive genotypes in …
The inbreeding coefficient (F statistic) for each sample was generated with PLINK using previously published single-nucleotide polymorphism ... «Nature.com, Jul 15»
8
Henry Big Boy .44 Magnum Review
It's dangerously enjoyable to shoot, but the rounds it uses are prohibitively expensive to plink with. Thankfully, this cost can be significantly ... «Shooting Times Magazine, Jul 15»
9
New HR study finds UK employers shifting away from annual …
... become Top Employers redefine performance as the ability to collaborate and contribute to the success of a team”, states David Plink, CEO of ... «Onrec, Jul 15»
10
Gear Review: Lee Breech Lock Hand Press
If you're more of a recreational shooter who likes to plink occasionally, and it's all you can store, this is a reasonable option. If you produce high ... «Guns.com, Jul 15»

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