tinkling, tinkly
(adjective) like the short high ringing sound of a small bell; “sounding brass and a tinkling cymbal”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
tinkling (plural tinklings)
A tinkle; a tinkling sound.
(Jamaica) The Greater Antillean Grackle, Quiscalus niger.
tinkling (not comparable)
That tinkles.
(obsolete) That works as a tinker
tinkling
present participle of tinkle
Source: Wiktionary
Tin"kling, n.
1. A tinkle, or succession of tinkles. Drowsy tinklings lull the distant folds. Gray.
2. (Zoöl.)
Definition: A grackle (Quiscalus crassirostris) native of Jamaica. It often associates with domestic cattle, and rids them of insects.
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
26 June 2025
(adverb) in a dispirited manner without hope; “the first Mozartian opera to be subjected to this curious treatment ran dispiritedly for five performances”
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
