Converse of object

• hear: On hearing the shop doorbell tinkle, the shopkeeper appeared from the backroom.

Object

• bell: The options include: Broken dial tone ( default ) or tinkling the bell every 15 minutes on standard phones.

• piano: The instruments used range from tinkling piano to elegant strings.

• ivory: Around this lies the vibrating, tinkling ivories and a variety of guitar and bass sounds - an effective piece.

• sound: A wind chime fountain is a lovely way to add tinkling sounds to the water murmur.

• music: I hope they will get a proper hearing and it won't just be tinkling wall-paper music!

Adjective modifier

• little: The old lady laughed, not a dainty little tinkle, but a deep, throaty belly-laugh.

Modifying Another Word

• still: Music Still tinkle the ivories whenever I get a chance but very rarely play an instument.

• sweetly: Elsewhere, the driving wall-of-sound force of Good Morning Joan, tempered by sweetly tinkling bells, is sublime.

Preposition: of

• bell: The gentle tinkle of sheep bells floating across the countryside makes a very relaxing sound.

• cowbell: Echoing in the surrounding hillside is the delightful tinkle of cowbells.

• glass: There was a strange, loud whiz and a long, silvery tinkle of broken glass.

Noun used with modifier

• piano: Waving, meandering and shifting synthesizer tones are his main ingredients, despite the vague piano tinkle in ' Prophet Making ' .