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  1. clink
  2. clink bolt
  3. clink-clank
  4. clink shell
  5. clinkety-clink
  6. crambo clink
  7. clinch bolt

1clink

verb \ˈkliŋk\

Definition of CLINK

intransitive verb
: to give out a slight sharp short metallic sound
transitive verb
: to cause to clink
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Examples of CLINK

  1. When she'd completed the toast, they clinked glasses.
  2. <coins clinking in his pocket as he traipsed down the street>

Origin of CLINK

Middle English, of imitative origin
First Known Use: 14th century

Related to CLINK

Synonyms
chink, jingle, tingle, tinkle

Rhymes with CLINK

blink, brink, chink, dink, drink, fink, gink, ink, jink, kink, link, mink, pink, plink, prink, rink, shrink, sink, skink, slink, stink, swink, sync, think, wink, zinc

2clink

noun

Definition of CLINK

: a clinking sound

First Known Use of CLINK

15th century

3clink

noun

Definition of CLINK

1
slang : a prison cell
2
slang : jail, prison

Origin of CLINK

probably from Clink, a prison in Southwark, London, England
First Known Use: 1515

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