clink
clink definition
clink (kliŋk)
intransitive verb, transitive verb
to make or cause to make a slight, sharp sound, as of glasses striking together
Etymology: ME clinken < MDu klinken: orig. echoic
noun
- such a sound
Etymology: < name of an 18th-c. prison in Southwark (London)
Informal a jail; prison
Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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