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clink - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'clink' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Clink [ n.]
- A slight, sharp, tinkling sound, made by the collision of sonorous bodies.
2 . Clink [ v. i.]
- To cause to give out a slight, sharp, tinkling, sound, as by striking metallic or other sonorous bodies together.
- To give out a slight, sharp, tinkling sound.
- To rhyme. [Humorous].

Meaning of 'clink' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . clink [ v]
Meaning (1):
- make a high sound typical of glass
Example in sentence:
  • champagne glasses clinked to make a toast
Meaning (2):
- make or emit a high sound
Example in sentence:
  • tinkling bells