CLINK

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

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Etymology 1

Noun

clink (plural clinks)

(onomatopoeia) The sound of metal on metal, or glass on glass.

Verb

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.

Etymology 2

From the Clink prison in Southwark, London, itself presumably named after sound of doors being bolted or chains rattling.

Noun

clink (plural clinks)

(slang) A prison.

Stress cracks produced in metal ingots as they cool after being cast.

Synonyms

• See also jail

Etymology 3

Verb

clink (third-person singular simple present clinches, present participle clinching, simple past and past participle clinched)

(transitive, Scotland) To clinch; to rivet.

Anagrams

• Linck

Proper noun

Clink (plural Clinks)

A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Clink is the 25555^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 966 individuals. Clink is most common among White (88.1%) individuals.

Anagrams

• Linck

Source: Wiktionary

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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

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