Thesaurus: tinkle

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1. n. The common guillemot.
2. v. i. To make, or give forth, small, quick, sharp sounds, as a piece of metal does when struck; to clink.
3. v. i. To hear, or resound with, a small, sharp sound.
4. v. t. To cause to clonk, or make small, sharp, quick sounds.
5. n. A small, sharp, quick sound, as that made by striking metal.
6. n. a light clear metallic sound as of a small bell
7. v. make or emit a high sound
8. The common guillemot. [Prov. Eng.] 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. To cause to clonk, or make small, sharp, quick sounds. A small, sharp, quick sound, as that made by striking metal. Cowper.
9. n:40/v:60 v. make or emit a high sound