🎯 A casual shooter 🔫 A small rifle

plinker

9.6

A person who shoots at cans for practice or fun

noun
/ˈplɪŋkər/

Jargon

: tirador

The plinker spent the afternoon shooting at empty cans in the backyard.

Examples

Many plinkers use small-caliber rifles for informal target shooting.
As a beginner plinker, she enjoyed practicing with her friends on weekends.
He is a skilled plinker who enjoys shooting at cans.
Many plinkers gather at the range every weekend.
The plinker happily shot at old bottles in the open field with friends.
As a dedicated plinker, he often practiced shooting at targets in his backyard.
During the summer, many plinkers enjoy setting up informal shooting contests.

Synonyms

shooter

vsplinker

520 3.6

A person who fires a gun, sometimes paid to kill others

is more casual and focuses on shooting for fun at informal targets

snapshooter

vsplinker

Archaic

7.7

Person who shoots quickly and accurately at targets that appear suddenly

is more casual and fires at stationary informal targets for practice and fun

How Casual

plinker

Jargon

9.6

shooter

520 3.6

marksman

18 5.9

Surface Forms

plinker singular

plinkers plural

Morphology

plinker = plink (transparent) = plink + er

The formation of 'plinker' from 'plink' is straightforward, indicating a person who performs the action of plinking.

Etymology

Plinker comes from the sound word plink, which copies a 'small, sharp sound' like a shot hitting an empty can. So a plinker is a person who shoots at casual targets for practice or fun.