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clink

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1. clink - Noun

2. clink - Verb

3. Clink - Proper noun

Meaning

To cause to give out a slight, sharp, tinkling, sound, as by striking metallic or other sonorous bodies together.

To give out a slight, sharp, tinkling sound.

To rhyme. [Humorous].

A slight, sharp, tinkling sound, made by the collision of sonorous bodies.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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When the liquor's out, why clink the cannikin. Robert Browning

With a sigh she reached into her pocket and drew out a small velvet bag, which upended on the table. Two gold rings fell out, landing with a soft clink. Simon looked at them puzzled. "You want to get married? Cassandra Clare

With clink of hammers closing rivets up. Colley Cibber

There's rain on the wind, the tears of spirits, The clink of key on iron is near, A shuttling train passes by on rail, There's more than God for man to fear. Bobby Sands

When the police pulled up, I was doomed / I was arrested for possession of a controlled substance / I was taken to the metal clink / I was nothing but a loser. Wesley Willis

When the money starts to glitter and clink. Kurdish Proverb

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