clinking

present participle of clink
as in jingling
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 clinking The sound of laughter and clinking glass pours out of the windows and onto the streets. Jonathan Terrell, Rolling Stone, 23 Sep. 2025 But there is a big part of me that just needs a photo of Martin Scorsese and alt-comic Robby Hoffman clinking their Emmy statues together. Joe Reid, Vulture, 6 Sep. 2025 Of course, this stat includes the myriad styles of chardonnay, even if our collective imagination pictures throngs of stereotypical oaky chard drinkers clinking glasses while snacking on sticks of butter. Devin Parr, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2025 Before anyone knew it, the house would be as fragrant of cocoa and sugar and butter as it was filled with conversation and laughter and clinking silverware. Catherine Jessee, Southern Living, 13 Aug. 2025 Some of the nightclub scenes play as if not a single cube of ice is clinking in a glass anywhere in the joint, no conversation is happening at a table just off camera. Richard Lawson, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for clinking
Verb
  • Some say his spurs are still jingling down the hallway, chasing after her.
    Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 2 Oct. 2025
  • With real feathers and a jingling bell, this feather cat teaser taps into your cat’s natural hunting instincts.
    Nora Colomer may earn a commission if you buy through our referral links. This content was created by a team that works independently from the Fox newsroom., FOXNews.com, 19 Sep. 2025
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  • Eerie chants, tinkling percussion, zany strings, and plucky swelling piano.
    Grace Byron, Vulture, 15 Sep. 2025
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  • Longest-Lasting Battery An experimental electric bell at the University of Oxford, in England, has been ringing nearly continuously for 185 years.
    IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 2 Oct. 2025
  • My phone never stopped ringing.
    James Pearce, New York Times, 30 Sep. 2025
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  • Norwood is just the latest example of the AI threat that rattling the TV and film industry.
    Mya Abraham, VIBE.com, 30 Sep. 2025
  • Across the past decade, HARDY has become one of Nashville’s most prolific, versatile voices, a songwriter and artist who can put forth a twangy country anthem as easily as a bone-rattling rock song.
    Jessica Nicholson, Billboard, 26 Sep. 2025

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“Clinking.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/clinking. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.

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