What does chinkle mean?
Chinkle means (nautical) A turn or kink in a rope..
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/ˈt͡ʃɪŋkl̩/ · noun
(nautical) A turn or kink in a rope..
He chinkled the coins in his pocket.
Adare rang the bell. So still was the night that now the sighing in the room had stopped and the birds had settled down again in their tree, he could hear the chinkle of the bell, tossing on its wire in the kitchen fifty yards away, downstairs.
Use chinkle when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Chinkle means (nautical) A turn or kink in a rope..
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He chinkled the coins in his pocket.
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