tinkle, tink, clink, chink
(verb) make or emit a high sound; “tinkling bells”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
tink (third-person singular simple present tinks, present participle tinking, simple past and past participle tinked)
To emit a high-pitched sharp or metallic noise.
• tinkle
tink (plural tinks)
(dated) A sharp, quick sound; a tinkle.
tink (third-person singular simple present tinks, present participle tinking, simple past and past participle tinked)
(knitting, slang, transitive) To unknit.
tink (plural tinks)
(chiefly, British and Irish, offensive) A member of the travelling community. A gypsy.
• knit
Source: Wiktionary
Tink, v. i. Etym: [OE. tinken; of imitative origin. Cf. Ting a tinkling, Tinker.]
Definition: To make a sharp, shrill noise; to tinkle. Wyclif (1 Cor. xiii. 1).
Tink, n.
Definition: A sharp, quick sound; a tinkle.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
3 March 2025
(verb) hold one’s ground; maintain a position; be steadfast or upright; “I am standing my ground and won’t give in!”
According to Guinness World Records, on 25 September 2016, the Birla Institute of Management Technology (India) in Uttar Pradesh, India, constructed the largest coffee cups pyramid consisting of 23,821 cups. They used paper takeaway coffee cups to build the pyramid.
