plinker

A person who shoots at makeshift targets.

Noun

  1. A person who shoots at makeshift targets.
    • Game wardens anywhere know about "plinkers" — those gun-toting folks, mostly urban, young, and male, who will shoot at anything that moves. In the deserts, urban centers are growing. Plinkers are legion. - 1994, Diana...
    • Plinkers, also called gallery shooters, don't need a formal shooting range for their sport. They shoot at things that respond. Many plinkers pick out a can or piece of charcoal to set on a spot with a safe background,...
  2. A firearm used to shoot at makeshift targets.
    • […] the plinking gun should be more of a target arm than a defense or hunting gun, and ideally it should be one stage more sophisticated than the basic $35 to $45 revolver which many think of as a plinker. - 1969, Field...
  3. One who makes a plinking sound.
    • The consumption rate of piano plinkers was terrific. - 1958, The MATS Flyer, volume 5, page 10:

Origin

From plink + -er.

Forms

plinkers