TINKLES

Proper noun

Tinkles

plural of Tinkle

Anagrams

• kit lens, lentisk, linkest

Noun

tinkles

plural of tinkle

Anagrams

• kit lens, lentisk, linkest

Source: Wiktionary


TINKLE

Tink"er*shire, Tin"kle, n. (Zoöl.)

Definition: The common guillemot. [Prov. Eng.]

Tin"kle, v. i. Etym: [Freq. of tink. See Tink, Tingle.]

1. To make, or give forth, small, quick, sharp sounds, as a piece of metal does when struck; to clink. As sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal. 1 Cor. xiii. 1. The sprightly horse Moves to the music of his tinkling bells. Dodsley.

2. To hear, or resound with, a small, sharp sound. And his ears tinkled, and the color fled. Dryden.

Tin"kle, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Tinkled; p. pr. & vb. n. Tinkling.]

Definition: To cause to clonk, or make small, sharp, quick sounds.

Tin"kle, n.

Definition: A small, sharp, quick sound, as that made by striking metal. Cowper.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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