CLINKING

clinking

(adjective) like the light sharp ringing sound of glasses being tapped

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Verb

clinking

present participle of clink

Noun

clinking (plural clinkings)

A noise that clinks.

Source: Wiktionary


CLINK

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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