as in jail
a place of confinement for persons held in lawful custody
I once spent a night in the clink, and it's an experience I don't want to repeat
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Recent Examples of clink
Christine Chitnis, Vogue, 8 Jan. 2025
When given a shake, the piece emits echoing clinks evocative of rushing water.
—Tessa Solomon, ARTnews.com, 22 Oct. 2024
Charna Flam, People.com, 25 Aug. 2025
Inside, diners in white linen and retro-reissue sneakers clink glasses of Minuty rosé (€15) before diving into sea bass ceviche (€17) and chicken breast served with baked slices of Normandy apples (€26).
—Seth Sherwood, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2025
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Noun
In the coastal towns, surfers line the golden sand beaches and tuk-tuks zip along twisting roads, their horns blending with the rhythmic clink of fishmongers’ knives and the sizzle of hoppers frying in street stalls.
—Christine Chitnis, Vogue, 8 Jan. 2025
When given a shake, the piece emits echoing clinks evocative of rushing water.
—Tessa Solomon, ARTnews.com, 22 Oct. 2024
Verb
Our buckteeth clinked painfully.
—Charna Flam, People.com, 25 Aug. 2025
Inside, diners in white linen and retro-reissue sneakers clink glasses of Minuty rosé (€15) before diving into sea bass ceviche (€17) and chicken breast served with baked slices of Normandy apples (€26).
—Seth Sherwood, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for clink
Noun
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The Sacramento Police Department initially arrested Hernandez Santana, before he was released from the jail hours later after posting a $200,000 bail bond.—
Rosalio Ahumada,
Sacbee.com,
7 Oct. 2025
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Rachel Fyall, associate professor at the University of Washington Evans School of Public Policy & Governance, said the cost of not housing people includes emergency room care, jail cells and police on the street.—
Ashley Hiruko,
ProPublica,
6 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Some say his spurs are still jingling down the hallway, chasing after her.—
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
2 Oct. 2025
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With real feathers and a jingling bell, this feather cat teaser taps into your cat’s natural hunting instincts.—
Nora Colomer
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FOXNews.com,
19 Sep. 2025
Noun
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In April 2022 the artist, real name Lontrell Williams, was sentenced to 63 months in prison after pleading guilty to a gun conspiracy charge stemming from an October 2020 confrontation that left a man shot in the buttocks.—
Andre Gee,
Rolling Stone,
7 Oct. 2025
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He was found not guilty in one case and pleaded guilty in another; this past December, he was sentenced to twenty-three months in prison and five years of probation, although he was released from federal prison earlier this year.—
Kelefa Sanneh,
New Yorker,
7 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Eerie chants, tinkling percussion, zany strings, and plucky swelling piano.—
Grace Byron,
Vulture,
15 Sep. 2025
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The soothing, deeply resonant humming of the bowls and sparkling tinkling of chimes filled the room.—
Lisa Gutierrez,
Kansas City Star,
12 Aug. 2025
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Just up the way, the old penitentiary building is famously open for tours and purportedly haunted.—
Idaho Statesman,
Idaho Statesman,
6 Oct. 2025
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He was pronounced dead by lethal injection at 6:40 p.m. at the state penitentiary in Huntsville.—
Greg Wehner,
FOXNews.com,
26 Sep. 2025
Verb
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The Grosse Cloche has been ringing for more than 200 years in the charming city of Bordeaux, France.—
Alexandra Banner,
CNN Money,
7 Oct. 2025
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Yannick Nézet-Séguin, in the pit, let the voices ring out clearly.—
Alex Ross,
New Yorker,
6 Oct. 2025
Verb
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One of our challenges was thinking up a good chinking method that wouldn’t take an entire month.—
Tasha Zemke,
Outside Online,
24 Oct. 2024
Verb
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Scott Wartman For years, the windows of homes along the Mill Creek in Cincinnati would occasionally rattle with the sound of explosions.—
Scott Wartman,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
1 Oct. 2025
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Still, the sight of her phone slipping from 15% to 8% left her rattled.—
Ashley Vega,
PEOPLE,
30 Sep. 2025
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“Clink.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/clink. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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