Thesaurus: clink

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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. v. i. To rhyme. [Humorous].
4. n. A slight, sharp, tinkling sound, made by the collision of sonorous bodies.
5. n. a short light metallic sound
6. 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)
7. v. make a high sound typical of glass
8. v. make or emit a high sound
9. To cause to give out a slight, sharp, tinkling, sound, as by striking metallic or other sonorous bodies together. And let me the canakin clink. Shak. 1. To give out a slight, sharp, thinkling sound. "The clinking latch." Tennyson. 2. To rhyme. [Humorous]. Cowper. A slight, sharp, tinkling sound, made by the collision of sonorous bodies. "Clink and fall of swords." Shak.
10. 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.
11. n:34/v:66 v. make a high sound typical of glass