Tinkling
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Tinkling is a noun meaning A tinkle; a tinkling sound.
Meaning
A tinkle; a tinkling sound.
More Meanings
- (Jamaica) The Greater Antillean Grackle, Quiscalus niger.
- The action of the verb to tinkle
- That tinkles.
- present participle and gerund of tinkle
- (obsolete) That works as a tinker
Example Sentences
The merry piano tinklings were gone.
"A tinkling piano in the next apartment, / Those stumbling words that told you what my heart meant, / A fairground's painted swings... / These foolish things remind me of you.
American Christians, you may master the intricacies of the English language and you may possess the eloquence of articulate speech; but even though you speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not love, you are like sounding brass or a tinkling cymbal.
Word Forms
- tinklings
Synonyms for tinkling
Depending on context, synonyms include reverberant, ringing, tinkly.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include tinkly, ringing, reverberant, tink, tingle, tintinnabulation.
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