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pling - definition and meaning
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noun computing, dated The symbol ! (an exclamation mark ).
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She heard the coins pling against the floor as she came to a rest.
Mistborn Sanderson_Brandon 2006
All this fum, my Lord, is a lofs really fuftained by the nation, in con - fequence of that habit for idlenefs and tip - pling , which is produced and kept up among the lower clals of the people, in all the countries where fo many tippling-houfes are unhappily licenfed.
Three national grievances : the increase of taxes, the hardship of unequal taxation, and the continual rise of the poor's rates : with the causes and remedies of these evils : humbly submitted to the consideration of the legislature : in a letter to the Rt. Hon. Lord John Cavendish, Chancellor of the Exchequer, &c 1783
I actually discovered it on Piero's website just as I heard the "pling " of your incoming email announcement!
Discussions: Message List - root 2010
It makes "pling " suddenly and they have the idea for an excellent domain name.
gHacks technology news 2008
It makes "pling " suddenly and they have the idea for an excellent domain name.
gHacks technology news 2008
That can make for more simultaneous notes, more busy metallic pling .
Bonnaroo: Bad Bluegrass Jokes - ArtsBeat Blog - NYTimes.com 2008
That can make for more simultaneous notes, more busy metallic pling .
Bonnaroo: Bad Bluegrass Jokes - ArtsBeat Blog - NYTimes.com 2008
So basically this is a very interesting story, with a very nice “pling ” to it – the sound effect, that is; the one I always associate with something not all too shabby.
EP087: Authorwerx 2007
In the middle of the night, Shotgun oozed up onto the foot of the bed and sprawled out lazily, pushing me off to the side, grum-pling his annoyance that I was taking up so much room; every so often, he farted his opinion of the spaghetti sauce, then after a while he began snoring, a wheezing-whistling noise.
The Year's Best Science Fiction 23rd Annual Collection Dozois, Gardner 2006
Eyes closed, head lilted right back so her long silken hair swung in a rip - pling swathe over his arm as he grimly tore through every veil of rejection she had dared to pull on against him.
The Bellini Bride Reid, Michelle 2002
whichbe commented on the word pling
A funny name for an exclamation point.
November 5, 2008