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clink
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kl??k/
- Rhymes: -??k
Etymology 1
From Middle English clinken, from Old English *clincan (compare clynnan, clynian (“to sound; resound”)), from Proto-Germanic *klingan? (“to sound”). Cognates include Middle Dutch klinken and German klingen. Doublet of call.
Perhaps of onomatopoeic origin, as metal against metal.
Noun
clink (plural clinks)
- (onomatopoeia) The sound of metal on metal, or glass on glass.
- You could hear the clink of the glasses from the next room.
- 1874, Marcus Clarke, For the Term of His Natural Life Chapter V
- When Frere had come down, an hour before, the prisoners were all snugly between their blankets. They were not so now; though, at the first clink of the bolts, they would be back again in their old positions, to all appearances sound asleep.
Translations
Verb
clink (third-person singular simple present clinks, present participle clinking, simple past and past participle clinked)
- (transitive, intransitive) 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.
- ?, Alfred Tennyson, Mariana
- The broken sheds look'd sad and strange:
Unlifted was the clinking latch
- The broken sheds look'd sad and strange:
- (humorous, dated) To rhyme.
Translations
Etymology 2
From the Clink prison in Southwark, London, itself presumably named after sound of doors being bolted or chains rattling.
Noun
clink (plural clinks)
- (slang) A prison.
- If he keeps doing things like that, he’s sure to end up in the clink.
- Stress cracks produced in metal ingots as they cool after being cast.
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:jail
Etymology 3
Verb
clink (third-person singular simple present clinks, present participle clinking, simple past and past participle clinked)
- (transitive, Scotland) To clinch; to rivet.
Anagrams
- Linck
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clinky
English
Etymology
clink +? -y
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -??ki
Adjective
clinky (comparative more clinky, superlative most clinky)
- clinking, making a clinking sound, like glass on glass.
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