Clink

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • v. To make or cause to make a light, sharp ringing sound: clinked their wineglasses together in a toast.
  • n. A light, sharp ringing sound, as of glass or metal.
  • n. Slang A prison or a prison cell; a jail: spent the night in the clink.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. The sound of metal on metal, or glass on glass.
  • n. Jail or prison, after the Clink prison in Southwark, London. Used in the phrase in the clink.
  • n. Stress cracks produced in metal ingots as they cool after being cast.
  • v. To make a clinking sound; to make a sound of metal on metal or glass on glass; to strike materials such as metal or glass against one another.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • v. To cause to give out a slight, sharp, tinkling, sound, as by striking metallic or other sonorous bodies together.
  • verb-intransitive. To give out a slight, sharp, tinkling sound.
  • verb-intransitive. To rhyme. [Humorous].
  • n. A slight, sharp, tinkling sound, made by the collision of sonorous bodies.
  • n. A prison cell; a lockup; -- probably orig. the name of the noted prison in Southwark, England.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To ring or jingle; chink; give forth a sharp metallic sound, or a succession of such sounds, as small metallic or other sonorous bodies in collision.
  • To cause a clinking sound by striking two objects, as glasses, together.
  • To make a jingle; chime.
  • To cause to produce a sharp, ringing sound: as, to clink glasses in drinking healths.
  • To clench; weld; clasp; seize quickly.
  • n. A sharp, ringing sound made by the collision of sonorous (especially metallic) bodies.
  • n. A smart stroke.
  • n. Money; chink: as, “needfu' clink,”
  • n. A latch.
  • n. A key.
  • n. plural Long iron nails.
  • n. The name of a prison or lockup in Southwark, London, often mentioned in the sixteenth century and later.
  • n. [lowercase] Any prison.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a correctional institution used to detain persons who are in the lawful custody of the government (either accused persons awaiting trial or convicted persons serving a sentence)
  • v. make a high sound typical of glass
  • v. make or emit a high sound
  • n. a short light metallic sound
  • Verb Form
    clinked    clinking    clinks   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    sound    go   
    Cross Reference
    jail   
    Form
    clinked    clinking    in the clink   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    lockup    ring   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Chink    Fink    Inc    Inc.    bink    blink    brink    chink    cinque    dink   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    clank    clinking    clatter    jingle    tinkle    chink    thud    jangle    crunch    creak