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Recent Examples of tinkle
Kiliii Yüyan, History & Culture, 17 Dec. 2020
There’s a steady wind stirring on that cloudy June day, and the chimes on the farm store tinkle.
—Rachael Moeller Gorman, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 Mar. 2023
Kaitlin Menza, Condé Nast Traveler, 26 June 2024
On a Friday night, the room tinkled with the sound of voices just a decade out of summer camp and maybe five years out of the Midwest.
—Gary Shteyngart, The New Yorker, 24 Apr. 2024
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Noun
Some of the nuts landed with a metallic tinkle.
—Kiliii Yüyan, History & Culture, 17 Dec. 2020
There’s a steady wind stirring on that cloudy June day, and the chimes on the farm store tinkle.
—Rachael Moeller Gorman, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 Mar. 2023
Verb
The cocktail hour’s soundtrack was a mariachi band, Los Campos, and loads of tinkling marimba by Tono 13.
—Kaitlin Menza, Condé Nast Traveler, 26 June 2024
On a Friday night, the room tinkled with the sound of voices just a decade out of summer camp and maybe five years out of the Midwest.
—Gary Shteyngart, The New Yorker, 24 Apr. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tinkle
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Tribal members dressed in their finest regalia–silver, turquoise, coral, shell, feathers–shake gourd rattles in a ring enclosing the Deer Dancers and two Deer Maidens.Chadd Scott, Forbes, 2 Jan. 2025
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But the rattles and the walker were of little interest as Wheel of Fortune was playing on the big TV screen on the wall, and the popular show was commanding the baby's attention.Julia Hunt, Newsweek, 6 Nov. 2024
Verb
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The couple dined on Taco Bell — one of Gomez’s favorite food places — and clinked champagne glasses while sitting on a picnic blanket.Rania Aniftos, Billboard, 20 Dec. 2024
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The chaotic sounds of feet tapping, knives clinking, and electroshocks buzzing create anxiety throughout the film, but when Para One’s music plays, the film communicates that de Saint Phalle has reached a breakthrough.Sarah Belmont, ARTnews.com, 17 Dec. 2024
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Marcos Santiago heard the clatter of metal chains outside cell 201 next door.Christie Thompson, NPR, 18 Dec. 2024
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Despite the crowd, the only sound that could be heard as Lopes was escorted to his seat between defense attorneys Larry Tipton and Christine Feeney at 10:05 a.m. was the metallic clatter of his cuffs.Flint McColgan, Boston Herald, 26 Oct. 2024
Verb
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The Decca Christmas Recordings jingles 19-15, surpassing its prior No. 17 high – and marking a new best rank for Lee over her 61-plus-year span of appearing on the chart.Jim Asker, Billboard, 31 Dec. 2024
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Shoppers find last-minute Christmas gifts at area businesses Bells jingled on shop doors as people wandered in and out of stores searching for last-minute gifts on Christmas Eve in Northwest Arkansas.Gael Langdon, arkansasonline.com, 24 Dec. 2024
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Though this installation of tintinnabulation has been a feature of the garden for more than a decade, some frequent visitors only noticed the chimes this summer, when a small crew recently installed them in a large linden tree adjacent to Parade Stadium.Kim Hyatt, Star Tribune, 23 July 2021
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Shivaree, chthonian, erumpent, tintinnabulation, exonumia, requiescat, deipnosophist, omphaloskepsis, horripilation, deliquesce, apopemptic.Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 26 Oct. 2021
Verb
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The district manager claimed that no Black & Mild cigars had actually been sold because the store’s point-of-sale system would have prevented a store clerk from ringing the product through the cash register.Rick Sobey, Boston Herald, 15 Jan. 2025
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The digital ribbon boards that ringed the inside of the stadium also were in Rams colors, and the Rams brought their DJ, rock guitarist and mariachi band.Gary Klein, Los Angeles Times, 14 Jan. 2025
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“Tinkle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tinkle. Accessed 18 Jan. 2025.
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