Words that rhyme with plinking

n 1: the act of providing approval and support; "his vigorous backing of the conservatives got him in trouble with progressives" [syn: backing, backup, championship, patronage] 2: something forming a back that is added for strengthening [syn: backing, mount] 3: financial resources provided to make some project possible; "the foundation provided support for the experiment" [syn: support, financial support, funding, backing, financial backing]

n 1: a substance used to produce a shiny protective surface on footwear [syn: shoe polish, blacking]

adj 1: closing the eyes intermittently and rapidly; "he stood blinking in the bright sunlight" [syn: blinking, winking] 2: informal intensifiers; "what a bally (or blinking) nuisance"; "a bloody fool"; "a crashing bore"; "you flaming idiot" [syn: bally(a), blinking(a), bloody(a), blooming(a), crashing(a), flaming(a), fucking(a)] n 1: a reflex that closes and opens the eyes rapidly [syn: blink, eye blink, blinking, wink, winking, nictitation, nictation]

adj 1: drawing blood from the body of another; "a plague of bloodsucking insects" 2: of plants or persons; having the nature or habits of a parasite or leech; living off another; "a wealthy class parasitic upon the labor of the masses"; "parasitic vines that strangle the trees"; "bloodsucking blackmailer"; "his indolent leechlike existence" [syn: parasitic, parasitical, leechlike, bloodsucking]

n 1: a woman having literary or intellectual interests [syn: bluestocking, bas bleu]

n 1: employment for performers or performing groups that lasts for a limited period of time; "the play had bookings throughout the summer" [syn: engagement, booking] 2: the act of reserving (a place or passage) or engaging the services of (a person or group); "wondered who had made the booking" [syn: booking, reservation]

adj 1: tending to cause suspension of regular breathing; "a breathless flight"; "breathtaking adventure" [syn: breathless, breathtaking]

n 1: the craft of making dresses

n 1: the act of consuming liquids [syn: drinking, imbibing, imbibition] 2: the act of drinking alcoholic beverages to excess; "drink was his downfall" [syn: drink, drinking, boozing, drunkenness, crapulence]

n 1: process or result of becoming less or smaller; "the material lost 2 inches per yard in shrinkage" [syn: shrinking, shrinkage] 2: the act of becoming less

n 1: a descent as through liquid (especially through water); "they still talk about the sinking of the Titanic" 2: a slow fall or decline (as for lack of strength); "after several hours of sinking an unexpected rally rescued the market"; "he could not control the sinking of his legs" 3: a feeling caused by uneasiness or apprehension; "with a sinking heart"; "a sinking feeling in the pit of my stomach" [syn: sinking, sinking feeling]

adj 1: very bad; "a lousy play"; "it's a stinking world" [syn: icky, crappy, lousy, rotten, shitty, stinking, stinky] 2: offensively malodorous; "a foul odor"; "the kitchen smelled really funky" [syn: fetid, foetid, foul, foul- smelling, funky, noisome, smelly, stinking, ill- scented]

n 1: close-fitting hosiery to cover the foot and leg; come in matched pairs (usually used in the plural) 2: the activity of supplying a stock of something; "he supervised the stocking of the stream with trout"

n 1: reappraisal of a situation or position or outlook [syn: stocktaking, stock-taking] 2: making an itemized list of merchandise or supplies on hand; "an inventory may be necessary to see if anything is missing"; "they held an inventory every month" [syn: inventory, inventorying, stocktaking, stock-taking]

adj 1: very attractive; capturing interest; "a fetching new hairstyle"; "something inexpressibly taking in his manner"; "a winning personality" [syn: fetching, taking, winning] n 1: the act of someone who picks up or takes something; "the pickings were easy"; "clothing could be had for the taking" [syn: pickings, taking]

adj 1: endowed with the capacity to reason [syn: intelligent, reasoning(a), thinking(a)] n 1: the process of using your mind to consider something carefully; "thinking always made him frown"; "she paused for thought" [syn: thinking, thought, thought process, cerebration, intellection, mentation]

n 1: the pursuit (of a person or animal) by following tracks or marks they left behind [syn: trailing, tracking]

adj 1: showing no visible emotion; "stood unblinking and accepted a sentence of a year" 2: not shrinking from danger [syn: unblinking, unflinching, unintimidated, unshrinking]

n 1: any piece of work that is undertaken or attempted; "he prepared for great undertakings" [syn: undertaking, project, task, labor] 2: the trade of a funeral director

adv 1: in a thoughtless manner; "he stared thoughtlessly at the picture" [syn: thoughtlessly, unthinkingly, unthinking] [ant: thoughtfully] adj 1: not exhibiting or characterized by careful thought [syn: unreflective, unthinking, unthoughtful] 2: without care or thought for others; "the thoughtless saying of a great princess on being informed that the people had no bread; `Let them eat cake'" [syn: thoughtless, uncaring, unthinking] 3: mentally sluggish [syn: lumpish, lumpen, unthinking]

adj 1: closing the eyes intermittently and rapidly; "he stood blinking in the bright sunlight" [syn: blinking, winking] n 1: a reflex that closes and opens the eyes rapidly [syn: blink, eye blink, blinking, wink, winking, nictitation, nictation]

n 1: a city in south-central China on the Chang Jiang; a commercial center for western China [syn: Chongqing, Chungking]

adj 1: like the light sharp ringing sound of glasses being tapped