Definitions for clink
klɪŋkclink

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. chink, click, clinknoun

   a short light metallic sound

2. jail, jailhouse, gaol, clink, slammer, poky, pokeyverb

   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. clinkverb

   make a high sound typical of glass

   "champagne glasses clinked to make a toast"

4. tinkle, tink, clink, chinkverb

   make or emit a high sound

   "tinkling bells"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. clinknoun

   The sound of metal on metal, or glass on glass.

   You could hear the clink of the glasses from the next room.

2. clinknoun

   Jail or prison, after the Clink prison in Southwark, London. Used in the phrase in the clink.

   If he keeps doing things like that, he's sure to end up in the clink.

3. clinknoun

   Stress cracks produced in metal ingots as they cool after being cast.

4. clinkverb

   To make a clinking sound; to make a sound of metal on metal or glass on glass; to strike materials such as metal or glass against one another.

   The hammers clinked on the stone all night.

5. Etymology: as metal against metal.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Clinknoun

   Etymology: from the verb.

   1. A sharp successive noise; a knocking.

   I heard the clink and fall of swords. William Shakespeare, Othello.

   2. It seems in Edmund Spenser to have some unusual sense.

   Tho’ creeping close, behind the wicket’s clink,
   Privily he peeped out thro’ a chink. Edmund Spenser, Pastorals.

2. To CLINKverb

   To strike so as to make a small sharp noise.

   Etymology: perhaps softened from clank, or corrupted from click.

   Five years! a long lease for the clinking of pewter. William Shakespeare.

3. To Clinkverb

   To utter a small, sharp, interrupted noise.

   The sever’d bars,
   Submissive, clink against your brazen portals. Matthew Prior.

   Underneath th’ umbrella’s oily shed,
   Safe thro’ the wet on clinking pattens tread. John Gay, Trivia.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. clink

   Clink refers to a short, sharp, metallic sound that is often made when two objects, particularly glasses or other metal items, strike each other. It can also refer to a prison or jail in historical or colloquial context.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Clinkverb

   to cause to give out a slight, sharp, tinkling, sound, as by striking metallic or other sonorous bodies together

2. Clinkverb

   to give out a slight, sharp, tinkling sound

3. Clinkverb

   to rhyme. [Humorous]

4. Clinknoun

   a slight, sharp, tinkling sound, made by the collision of sonorous bodies

5. Etymology: [OE. clinken; akin to G. klingen, D. klinken, SW. klinga, Dan. klinge; prob. of imitative origin. Cf. Clank, Clench, Click, v. i.]

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Clink

   klingk, v.t. to clinch: to rivet. [Scot. for Clinch.]

Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. CLINK

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Clink is ranked #25555 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Clink surname appeared 966 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Clink.
   
   88.1% or 851 total occurrences were White.
   5.3% or 52 total occurrences were Black.
   3.1% or 30 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
   2.2% or 22 total occurrences were of two or more races.
   0.6% or 6 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.
   0.5% or 5 total occurrences were Asian.

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1. • Sound

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1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of clink in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of clink in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of clink in a Sentence

1. Donald Trump:

   Honestly, she shouldn't be allowed to run, if that were a Republican that did what she did with the emails they would have been in jail 12 months ago. Clink!

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=clink
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Clink
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=clink
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/clink
6. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=clink
7. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html