tinkled

Variant of tinkle

intransitive verb tinkled, tinkling

  1. to make a series of small, short, light, ringing sounds like those of a very small bell
  2. Informal to urinate: child's term

Origin: ME tynclen, freq. of tinken, to make a tinkling sound, of echoic orig.

transitive verb

  1. to cause to tinkle
  2. to indicate, signal, etc. by tinkling

noun

the act or sound of tinkling

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