different between tinkle vs thud

English

Etymology

From Middle English tinclen, equivalent to tink +? -le (frequentative suffix).

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /?t??k?l/
• Rhymes: -??k?l

Verb

tinkle (third-person singular simple present tinkles, present participle tinkling, simple past and past participle tinkled)

1. (intransitive) To make light metallic sounds, rather like a very small bell.
   • 1753, Robert Dodsley, Agriculture

     The sprightly horse / Moves to the music of his tinkling bells.

2. (transitive) To cause to tinkle.
3. (transitive) To indicate, signal, etc. by tinkling.

4. To hear, or resound with, a small, sharp sound.

   • And his ears tinkled, and the colour fled.

5. (intransitive, informal) To urinate.

Synonyms

• (urinate): See Thesaurus:urinate

Derived terms

• atinkle
• tinkle-down
• tinkle the ivories

Translations

Noun

tinkle (plural tinkles)

1. A light metallic sound, resembling the tinkling of bells or wind chimes.
2. (Britain, informal) A telephone call.

   Synonyms: call, ring

3. (informal, euphemistic) An act of urination.

Translations

English

Etymology

From Middle English thudden (“to strike with a weapon”), from Old English þyddan (“to strike, press, thrust”), from Proto-Germanic *þuddijan?, *þiudijan? (“to strike, thrust”), from Proto-Germanic *þ?han?, *þeuhan? (“to press”), from Proto-Indo-European *t?k- (“to beat”). Cognate with Old English þoddettan (“to strike, push, batter”), Old English þ?dan (“to strike, stab, thrust, press”), Old English þ?owan (“to press”), Albanian thundër (“a hoof, talon, a shaft", figuratively, "oppression, torment”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???d/
• Rhymes: -?d

Noun

thud (plural thuds)

1. The sound of a dull impact.

Translations

Verb

thud (third-person singular simple present thuds, present participle thudding, simple past and past participle thudded)

1. To make the sound of a dull impact.

Synonyms

• (a dull sound, to make a dull sound): flump, plunk

Coordinate terms

• clang, clash, crash

Translations

Lhao Vo

Verb

thud

1. change

Romani

Alternative forms

• tood

Etymology

From Sanskrit ????? (dugdhá, “milk”). Compare Hindi ??? (d?dh, “milk”) and Punjabi ???? (duddha, “milk”).

Noun

thud m

1. milk

Welsh

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /???d/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /?i?d/

Noun

thud

1. Aspirate mutation of tud.

Mutation