clinking
101cheers — exclamation, informal from Bertie s table we could hear the clinking of glasses and a rousing Cheers! Syn: here s to you, good health, your health, skol, prosit, salut, l chaim; informal bottoms up, down the hatch, here s mud in your eye …
102clank — 1. noun the clank of rusty chains Syn: jangling, clanging, rattling, clinking, jingling; clang, jangle, rattle, clangor, clink, jingle 2. verb I could hear the chain clanking Syn: jangle, rattle, clink …
103jangle — 1. verb keys jangled at his waist Syn: clank, clink, jingle, tinkle 2. noun the jangle of his chains Syn: clank, clanking, clink, clinking, jangling, jingle, jingling, tintinnabulation …
104delay — vb 1 Delay, retard, slow, slacken, detain are not always close synonyms, but they carry the same basic meaning: to cause someone or something to be behind in his or its schedule or usual rate of movement or progress. Delay implies the operation,… …
105cling — I v 1. adhere to, stick to, be attached to; stick together, cohere, fuse, coalesce, unite, join. 2. hold tight, cleave to, hug, embrace; hold fast, grapple, clinch; fasten upon, grip, gripe, grasp; clench, clutch, clasp, hang onto. 3. cherish,… …
106jingle — v tinkle, tink, ding, ding dong, ring, chime, tintinnabulate; clink, chink, jangle, clang, clangor, clank; rattle, shake, vibrate. n 2. tinkle, tinkling, ting, tinging, ringing, ding, ding dong, chime, chiming, tintinnabulation; clink, clinking,… …
107clink — I UK [klɪŋk] / US verb [intransitive/transitive] Word forms clink : present tense I/you/we/they clink he/she/it clinks present participle clinking past tense clinked past participle clinked to make the short high sound of glass or metal objects… …
108clink — I [[t]klɪŋk[/t]] v. i. v. t. 1) cv to make or cause to make a light, sharp, ringing sound: The coins clinked together[/ex] 2) a clinking sound • Etymology: 1275–1325; ME, perh. < MD clinken to ring II clink [[t]klɪŋk[/t]] n. Slang. sts a… …
109clinquant — clin•quant [[t]ˈklɪŋ kənt[/t]] adj. 1) glittering, esp. with tinsel; decked with garish finery 2) imitation gold leaf; tinsel; false glitter • Etymology: 1585–95; < MF: clinking, prp. of clinquer < D klinken to sound) …
110tink — /tɪŋk/ (say tingk) verb (i) to emit a metallic clinking sound, as that produced by a cracked bell. {imitative} …
