clinking

  • 21jingling — jin·gle || dʒɪŋgl n. pinging or clinking sound, tinkling noise; something which clinks or tinkles; combination of words or sounds which tends to stick in the mind; song which contains a catchy combination of words or sounds v. make a pinging… …

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  • 22jingle — jin•gle [[t]ˈdʒɪŋ gəl[/t]] v. gled, gling, n. 1) to make clinking or tinkling sounds: sleighbells jingling[/ex] 2) to move or proceed with such sounds 3) to sound or rhyme in a light, repetitious manner 4) to cause to jingle 5) a tinkling or… …

    From formal English to slang

  • 23clink — I. /klɪŋk / (say klingk) verb (i) 1. to make a light, sharp, ringing sound. 2. to rhyme or jingle. 3. to move with a clinking sound. –verb (t) 4. to cause to make such a sound. –noun 5. a clinking sound. 6. a rhyme; jingle. 7. the rather piercing …

  • 24jingle — [c]/ˈdʒɪŋgəl / (say jingguhl) verb (jingled, jingling) –verb (i) 1. to make clinking or tinkling sounds, as coins, keys, etc., when struck together repeatedly. 2. to move or proceed with such sounds. 3. to sound in a manner suggestive of this, as …

  • 25chink — chink1 [chiŋk] n. [ME chine, with unhistoric k: see CHINE2] a narrow opening; crack; fissure; slit vt. 1. to close up the chinks in 2. Obs. to form chinks in chink2 [chiŋk] n. [echoic …

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  • 26Clink — (kl[i^][ng]k), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Clinked} (kl[i^][ng]kt); p. pr. & vb. n. {Clinking}.] [OE. clinken; akin to G. klingen, D. klinken, SW. klinga, Dan. klinge; prob. of imitative origin. Cf. {Clank}, {Clench}, {Click}, v. i.] To cause to give… …

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  • 27Clink — (kl[i^][ng]k), v. i. 1. To give out a slight, sharp, tinkling sound. The clinking latch. Tennyson. [1913 Webster] 2. To rhyme. [Humorous]. Cowper. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 28Clinked — Clink Clink (kl[i^][ng]k), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Clinked} (kl[i^][ng]kt); p. pr. & vb. n. {Clinking}.] [OE. clinken; akin to G. klingen, D. klinken, SW. klinga, Dan. klinge; prob. of imitative origin. Cf. {Clank}, {Clench}, {Click}, v. i.] To… …

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  • 29Clinkstone — Clink stone (?; 110), n. [Clink + stone; from its sonorousness.] (Min.) An igneous rock of feldspathic composition, lamellar in structure, and clinking under the hammer. See {Phonolite}. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 30gingle — Jingle Jin gle, v. i. [OE. gingelen, ginglen; prob. akin to E. chink; cf. also E. jangle.] [1913 Webster] 1. To sound with a fine, sharp, rattling, clinking, or tinkling sound; as, sleigh bells jingle. [Written also {gingle}.] [1913 Webster] 2.… …

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