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
Dana Rose Falcone, Peoplemag, 13 Mar. 2024
For the ever-important clink of the glasses, there’s French champagne and Anderson Valley brut as well as sparkling wine concoctions, such as a sage and honey-pear cocktail.
—Kate Bradshaw, The Mercury News, 12 Feb. 2024
Sara Netzley, EW.com, 4 Feb. 2025
As people clinked glasses of Moët & Chandon, Hadid and fellow model Josephine Skriver caught up near marble plinths while Naomi Campbell and the French Minister of Culture, Rachida Dati, shared airkisses tableside.
—Freya Drohan, Vogue, 5 Mar. 2025
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Noun
After everyone clinks drinks, Jesse, 30, inquires about Paige’s whereabouts.
—Dana Rose Falcone, Peoplemag, 13 Mar. 2024
For the ever-important clink of the glasses, there’s French champagne and Anderson Valley brut as well as sparkling wine concoctions, such as a sage and honey-pear cocktail.
—Kate Bradshaw, The Mercury News, 12 Feb. 2024
Verb
But hey, the man clearly loves love and clinks his champagne glass until the happy couple performs another painful-looking kiss.
—Sara Netzley, EW.com, 4 Feb. 2025
As people clinked glasses of Moët & Chandon, Hadid and fellow model Josephine Skriver caught up near marble plinths while Naomi Campbell and the French Minister of Culture, Rachida Dati, shared airkisses tableside.
—Freya Drohan, Vogue, 5 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for clink
Noun
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More than 21,000 people died in local jails and state prisons in four years, according to records the government has hidden from public view since 2021.—
Gina Barton,
USA Today,
26 Apr. 2025
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David Castro, with a long history of drug use, has been in Santa Clara County jail awaiting trial since he was arrested in 2023.—
Julia Prodis Sulek,
Mercury News,
25 Apr. 2025
Verb
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Men dressed as 1880s gunfighters are forever clomping up and down wooden sidewalks with jingling spurs and holstered revolvers on their belts.—
Richard Grant,
Smithsonian Magazine,
31 Mar. 2025
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The first half of the instrumental sounds like wind chimes jingling around in a storm.—
Alphonse Pierre,
Pitchfork,
28 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Steven Hirsch/New York Post via AP, Pool If convicted, Hemphill could spend the rest of his life in prison.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
25 Apr. 2025
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Petties was sentenced to life in prison in 2013 at age 36 for his trafficking career and connection to multiple homicides.—
Andreas Wiseman,
Deadline,
25 Apr. 2025
Verb
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Shaking the capsules produces audio signals that range from rattling stones, over tinkling coins to swooshing sand.—
Erico Guizzo,
IEEE Spectrum,
5 Oct. 2018
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Jeff Goldblum tinkled the ivories during a moving In Memoriam section at the BAFTA Film Awards.—
Jake Kanter,
Deadline,
16 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Barnes, 67, was convicted and sentenced to 21 years in a Russian penitentiary in February 2024.—
Tanya Stukalova,
ABC News,
18 Apr. 2025
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The first penitentiaries weren’t built until the late 1700s, so more extreme sentences were deemed necessary to prevent discord.—
Brenna Ehrlich,
Rolling Stone,
29 Mar. 2025
Verb
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Samara Cohen, Chief Investment Officer of ETF and Index Investments at Blackrock, (C) rings the opening bell as Bitcoin Spot ETF’s are launched on the Nasdaq Exchange on January 11, 2024 in New York City.—
Kevin Stankiewicz,
CNBC,
11 Apr. 2025
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The venue was ringed by ample restaurants, but when Warrier finished, around 11 p.m., they were all closed.—
Théoden Janes,
Charlotte Observer,
9 Apr. 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
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But already chinks in the vault’s armor have appeared.—
Naomi Oreskes,
Scientific American,
17 Sep. 2024
Verb
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The move has rattled economists, manufacturers, and security experts.—
Stephanie Hanes,
Christian Science Monitor,
18 Apr. 2025
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Stocks in the value and dividends category put on strong performances in March, as uncertainty around President Donald Trump’s tariff policy rattled the major averages, Bank of America found.—
Darla Mercado, CFP®,
CNBC,
15 Apr. 2025
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“Clink.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/clink. Accessed 2 May. 2025.
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