as in clinked
to make a repeated sharp light ringing sound
in the breeze the flag's chain chinked against the flagpole
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clinked
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Our buckteeth clinked painfully.—
Charna Flam,
People.com,
25 Aug. 2025 -
Glasses clinked; and at the center of it all was her very first ESSENCE cover, in October 2017.—
Shelby Stewart,
Essence,
4 Aug. 2025
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“Chinked.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chinked. Accessed 4 Nov. 2025.
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