clinked

verb

past tense of clink
as in jingled
to make a repeated sharp light ringing sound coins clinking in his pocket as he traipsed down the street

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Recent Examples of clinked Ulloa stood up and clinked his glass to quiet the group. — Paul Tenorio, New York Times, 2 June 2026 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 As Champagne and martini glasses clinked, Pete Nordstrom paused to reflect on his three decades of attending the Paris shows. — Joelle Diderich, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for clinked
  1. jingled
  2. tinkled
  3. rang
  4. chimed
  5. tingled
  6. rattled
Verb
  • On the walls, a few pots hang from a copper rod, a dinner bell waits to be jingled, and an ancient clock keeps time.
    — Elazar Sontag, Washington Post, 2 July 2026
  • The bells that dangled off her red tunic jingled.
    — Caitlin McGlade, Charlotte Observer, 17 Mar. 2026
Definition of jingled
Verb
  • The bell tinkled, but this time the shelves were empty.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 2 June 2026
Definition of tinkled
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  • Minutes after the fight ended, a lone 911 caller rang authorities to report the brawl.
    — Julia Bonavita, FOXNews.com, 6 Aug. 2025
  • According to the arrest report, detectives then found surveillance video showing the outside of the victim’s home moments before the two kidnappers rang the doorbell.
    — KFOX Staff, Baltimore Sun, 25 Dec. 2024
Definition of rang
Verb
  • Sunlight chimed off Rubber Hand’s hatchet blade.
    — Will Mackin, New Yorker, 28 June 2026
  • In 1859, Big Ben, the great bell inside the famous London clock tower, chimed for the first time.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 22 June 2026
Definition of chimed
Verb
  • The only recourse those unregulated bookmakers had when their Spidey-senses tingled was to simply stop taking bets on the suspicious game.
    — David Hill, Rolling Stone, 31 Oct. 2025
Definition of tingled
Verb
  • Earlier this year, a strong earthquake rattled southern and central Mexico, killing two.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 17 July 2026
  • We’re not rattled by the market reaction and believe the reasons to like J & J remain intact.
    — Zev Fima, CNBC, 15 July 2026
Definition of rattled

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