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

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  1. v. i. To cause to give out a slight, sharp, tinkling, sound, as by striking metallic or other sonorous bodies together.
  2. v. i. To give out a slight, sharp, tinkling sound.
  3. n. A slight, sharp, tinkling sound, made by the collision of sonorous bodies.
  4. n. a short light metallic sound
  5. n. 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)
  6. v. make a high sound typical of glass
  7. v. make or emit a high sound
  8. To cause to give out a slight, sharp, tinkling, sound, as bystriking metallic or other sonorous bodies together.And let me the canakin clink. Shak.
  9. n:34/v:66 v. make a high sound typical of glass