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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

  1. such a sound
  2. Etymology: < name of an 18th-c. prison in Southwark (London)

    Informal a jail; prison

clink Synonyms

clink

n.

clink Synonyms

clink

v.

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.