Clink
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /klɪŋk/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Clink is a noun meaning (onomatopoeia) The sound of metal on metal, or glass on glass.
Meaning
(onomatopoeia) The sound of metal on metal, or glass on glass.
More Meanings
- Stress cracks produced in metal ingots as they cool after being cast.
- (humorous, dated) To rhyme.
- (transitive, Scotland) To clinch; to rivet.
- (ambitransitive) 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.
- (dated, slang) A prison.
Example Sentences
The hammers clinked on the stone all night.
You could hear the clink of the glasses from the next room.
If he keeps doing things like that, he’s sure to end up in the clink.
The broken sheds look'd sad and strange, / Unlifted was the clinking latch, / Weeded and worn the ancient thatch / upon the lonely moated grange.
Word Forms
- clinks
- clinking
- clinked
Synonyms for clink
Depending on context, synonyms include gaol, tinkle, click, jail, tink, jailhouse.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include tink, click, tinkle, chink, gaol, jailhouse.
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