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🎯 A casual shooter 🔫 A small rifle
plinker

plinker

8.9
A small gun like a .22 rifle that people use for casual target shooting
  • noun
  • /ˈplɪŋkər/
  • Jargon
translation icon : arma pequeña
  • On weekends, many people enjoy shooting at cans with their plinkers at the range.

Examples

  • The young boy learned to improve his aim by practicing with a small plinker in the backyard.

  • Do you think he will keep his .22LR plinkers to fight the tyrannical horde when they come to collect?

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  • For her birthday, he bought her a plinker so they could spend the summer enjoying target practice together.

Synonyms

peashooter
vsplinker
  • Informal
2 7.2

A small weak gun that has little power

refers neutrally to a small-caliber practice firearm rather than low power
poodle shooter
vsplinker
  • Offensive
9.9

A small light gun that people see as not powerful and only for shooting small animals

describes a small-caliber practice firearm without the insulting or hunting focus

How Powerful

shotgun
324 4.1
rifle
525 3.2
plinker
  • Jargon
8.9
air gun
1 3.1

Surface Forms

plinker singular
plinkers plural

Morphology

plinker = plink (transparent) = plink + er

The instrument reading is a straightforward nominalization of 'plink' with '-er', commonly used to name guns used for casual target shooting.

Etymology

Plinker for a small gun comes from the same sound plink, the 'small, sharp sound' made when a shot hits a tin can, and that sound now names the gun. So a plinker is a light, easy rifle used for casual target shooting.