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  1. 1. v. i. To cause to give out a slight, sharp, tinkling, sound, as by striking metallic or other sonorous bodies together. Source: opted
  2. 2. v. i. To give out a slight, sharp, tinkling sound. Source: opted
  3. 3. v. i. To rhyme. [Humorous]. Source: opted
  4. 4. n. A slight, sharp, tinkling sound, made by the collision of sonorous bodies. Source: opted
  5. 5. n. a short light metallic sound Source: wordnet
  6. 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) Source: wordnet
  7. 7. v. make a high sound typical of glass Source: wordnet
  8. 8. v. make or emit a high sound Source: wordnet
  9. 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. Source: webster
  10. 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. Source: adambom
  11. 11. n:34/v:66 v. make a high sound typical of glass Source: ecdict

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