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
clink Synonyms
clink Synonyms
clink Usage Examples
Object
- glass: This, we agree, clinking glasses, is the life.
- bottle: Baldrick clinks bottles with Percy, in a toast, " Down the hatch " .
- noise: Maybe, associated with this incident, is the inexplicable ` clinking noise ` heard in the corner of the ward where she lay.
- chain: How easy, he thinks, clinking the ludic chains, it is to drive, like skating, splicing the empty sky.
- link: Further information on these options and all module options is provided by clinking the appropriate links on the left.
- bell: My abiding memory of this dreadful night will be the clinking yak bells as they moved around on a tether outside my window!
Converse of object
hear: I hear the clink of them at the end of every cadence of the Bible verses ' .
Adjective modifier
- metallic: They fall into the sink basin with metallic clinks.
- loud: When you pick up the cup there's a loud clink, and you dump out the coin.
- occasional: When she returned the room was silent again, save for the faint crepitation of his chair and the occasional clink of a bottle.
Modifying Another Word
together: Dozens of empty bottles clinked together in corners to the rolling of the ship.
Noun used with modifier
glass: Jenny has perfect pitch and can even tell you what note your glass clinks during dinner!
Preposition: of
- glass: In the humorous ones you could almost hear the clink of glasses between the lines.
- plate: Then I heard a clink of plates somewhere; and the answer stood up as plain as St. Peter's.
- bottle: As she passed the trapdoor she heard the clink of bottles from below.
- coin: City of broken dreams, of sin, seduction and, above all, the clinking of coins.
- cup: Concrete details abound drab earthen walls, empty wine bottles, the clinking of cups and plates, the stock characters.
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