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1. (v.t.) clink
to make or cause to make a light, sharp, ringing sound:
The coins clinked together.
2. (n.) clink
a clinking sound.
3. (Slang.) clink
a prison; jail; lockup.
Etymology: (1505–15; after Clink a prison in Southwark, London, perh. < D klink door latch)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) chink, click, clink
a short light metallic sound
2. (verb) jail, jailhouse, gaol, clink, slammer, poky, pokey
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)
3. (verb) clink
make a high sound typical of glass
"champagne glasses clinked to make a toast"
4. (verb) tinkle, tink, clink, chink
make or emit a high sound
"tinkling bells"
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) clink
a slight, sharp, tinkling sound, made by the collision of sonorous bodies
2. (verb) clink
to cause to give out a slight, sharp, tinkling, sound, as by striking metallic or other sonorous bodies together
3. (verb) clink
to give out a slight, sharp, tinkling sound
4. (verb) clink
to rhyme. [Humorous]
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Sense: a ringing sound
the clink of coins.
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 Afrikaans: gerinkel, geklingel |
 Arabic: رَنين، طَنين |
 Bulgarian: звънтене |
 Brazilian: tinido |
 Czech: cinkání |
 German: das Klimpern |
 Danish: klinken; klirren |
 Greek: κουδούνισμα |
 Spanish: tintineo |
 Estonian: kõlin |
 Farsi: صدای جلینگ جلینگ |
 Finnish: kilahdus |
 French: tintement |
 Hebrew: נְקִישָה |
 Hindi: टन-टन की आवाज |
 Croatian: zveket, zveckanje |
 Hungarian: csörgés |
 Indonesian: dentingan |
 Icelandic: hringl, glamur |
 Italian: tintinnio |
 Japanese: チリンと鳴る音 |
 Korean: (동전 등이 부딪쳐 나는) 쨍그랑 소리 |
 Lithuanian: skambėjimas, dzingsėjimas |
 Latvian: šķindoņa |
 Malay: bunyi kelenting |
 Dutch: gerinkel |
 Norwegian: klirr(ing), skrangling |
 Polish: brzęk |
 Persian: صدای جلینگ جلینگ |
 Pashto: شرنګى، شرنګا: بندى خانه ( |
 Portuguese: tinido |
 Romanian: clinchet |
 Russian: звон |
 Slovak: cinknutie |
 Slovenian: žvenket |
 Serbian: zveket |
 Swedish: klirr, klingande, skramme |
 Thai: เกิดเสียงดังกริ๊ง |
 Turkish: şıngırtı |
 Taiwanese: 叮噹聲 |
 Ukrainian: дзенькіт |
 Urdu: جھنکار |
 Vietnamese: tiếng leng keng |
 Chinese: 丁当声 |
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