CLINKETY-CLANKS Synonyms: 30 Similar Words

clinkety-clanks

noun

plural of clinkety-clank

as in rattles

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Noun

Jigs with rattles are most productive and a big, active trailer is the way to go in muddy water.

— David A. Brown, Outdoor Life, 1 July 2026
The seeds are loose and clatter around inside the pods, giving baptisia the name rattleweed, as children once used the seedpods as rattles.

— Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 12 May 2026

Definition of rattles

Noun

The artists will be fine, but the guys who do commercial music, film music, advertising music, jingles, and everything, they will be replaced.

— Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 10 June 2026
The show’s jingles about the virus also play intermittently throughout the day and residents are able to call in with questions.

— Ope Adetayo, Chicago Tribune, 5 June 2026

Definition of jingles

Noun

Periodically a mandolin tinkles, or maybe a fiddle swoops in as if from a low-hanging cloud.

— Theater Critic, San Francisco Chronicle, 18 Feb. 2026
Roberts doesn’t offer much empathy for the poor, diseased critter other than a pause when Ben momentarily ponders his reflection in a pool as Adrian Johnston’s eerie synth-piano score tinkles.

— Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 9 Jan. 2026

Definition of tinkles

Noun

Skip fake florals, door bows, and chimes, which can look cheap or annoy neighbors.

— Sarah Lyon, The Spruce, 23 June 2026
As is Takal, clearly having fun with the film’s queasy, lurching atmospherics, abetted by the sparse, shivery, atonal chimes of Jonathan Goldsmith’s score, and the floating, disembodied feel of Robert Leitzell’s camerawork.

— Guy Lodge, Variety, 13 June 2026

Definition of chimes

Noun

The result is a fiery and impassioned offering that finds the veteran fully engaged and intent on proving no chinks have been left in his armor despite his tenuous back-and-forth with his Compton counterpart.

— Preezy Brown, VIBE.com, 15 May 2026
Does the bazaar allow for chinks in the kind of class barriers that would usually exist?

— Cressida Leyshon, New Yorker, 23 Nov. 2025

Definition of chinks

Noun

The same rings true for emerging indie artists, Andersen says.

— Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 20 July 2026
The winner of the World Cup will hoist a trophy, receive championship rings for the first time and gain a lifetime of glory in what will be a defining moment in the country’s sports history.

— Luis Andres Henao, Fortune, 19 July 2026

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