jail, jailhouse, gaol, clink, slammer, poky, pokey
(noun) a correctional institution used to detain persons who are in the lawful custody of the government (either accused persons awaiting trial or convicted persons serving a sentence)
chink, click, clink
(noun) a short light metallic sound
tinkle, tink, clink, chink
(verb) make or emit a high sound; “tinkling bells”
clink
(verb) make a high sound typical of glass; “champagne glasses clinked to make a toast”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
clink (plural clinks)
(onomatopoeia) The sound of metal on metal, or glass on glass.
clink (third-person singular simple present clinks, present participle clinking, simple past and past participle clinked)
(ambitransitive) To make a clinking sound; to make a sound of metal on metal or glass on glass; to strike materials such as metal or glass against one another.
(humorous, dated) To rhyme.
From the Clink prison in Southwark, London, itself presumably named after sound of doors being bolted or chains rattling.
clink (plural clinks)
(slang) A prison.
Stress cracks produced in metal ingots as they cool after being cast.
• See also jail
clink (third-person singular simple present clinches, present participle clinching, simple past and past participle clinched)
(transitive, Scotland) To clinch; to rivet.
• Linck
Clink (plural Clinks)
A surname.
• According to the 2010 United States Census, Clink is the 25555th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 966 individuals. Clink is most common among White (88.1%) individuals.
• Linck
Source: Wiktionary
Clink, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Clinked; p. pr. & vb. n. Clinking.] Etym: [OE. clinken; akin to G. klingen, D. klinken, SW. klinga, Dan. klinge; prob. of imitative origin. Cf. Clank, Clench, Click, v. i.]
Definition: To cause to give out a slight, sharp, tinkling, sound, as by striking metallic or other sonorous bodies together. And let me the canakin clink. Shak.
Clink, v. i.
1. To give out a slight, sharp, thinkling sound. "The clinking latch." Tennyson.
2. To rhyme. [Humorous]. Cowper.
Clink, n.
Definition: A slight, sharp, tinkling sound, made by the collision of sonorous bodies. "Clink and fall of swords." Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
23 November 2024
(adjective) concerned primarily with theories or hypotheses rather than practical considerations; “theoretical science”
According to Guinness World Records, the largest coffee press is 230 cm (7 ft 6 in) in height and 72 cm (2 ft 4 in) in diameter and was created by Salzillo Tea and Coffee (Spain) in Murcia, Spain, in February 2007. The cafetière consists of a stainless steel container, a filtering piston, and a superior lid.
