tintinnabulations

Definition of tintinnabulationsnext
plural of tintinnabulation
as in rattles
a series of short high ringing sounds the merry tintinnabulation of church bells

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Noun
  • If your current carry-on rattles, tips, or barely survives a weekend away, consider this your sign.
    Chaise Sanders, Travel + Leisure, 21 Feb. 2026
  • Silver engraving, masks, totem poles, rattles, prints.
    Kerry Breen, CBS News, 16 Dec. 2025
Noun
  • Not the Seattle Seahawks’ offensive coordination (or the New England Patriots’ lack thereof), mind you, but all those annoyingly catchy commercial jingles.
    Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 19 Feb. 2026
  • In the years following his appearance on The Ellen DeGeneres Show, Puth worked for DeGeneres' eleveneleven label, released a couple of promotional singles, and collaborated on other music, including jingles and theme songs for YouTube personalities.
    Marina Johnson, IndyStar, 8 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • As the car carrying him departed the police station, a photographer captured another indelible image, of the former Prince slumped in the back seat, wide-eyed and slack-jawed—the boy for whom the chimes once pealed looking very much like a man for whom the bell now tolls.
    Rebecca Mead, New Yorker, 21 Feb. 2026
  • May your sounds, your chimes, your silence calm us.
    Paul Jones, IEEE Spectrum, 30 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • 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
  • Sometimes, in the deep winter quiet, a piano tinkles in Kelley’s Saloon, and the spirits dance to ghostly music.
    Emilee Coblentz, Outside, 16 Oct. 2025
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“Tintinnabulations.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tintinnabulations. Accessed 1 Mar. 2026.

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