From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Clink \Clink\ (kl[i^][ng]k), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Clinked}
(kl[i^][ng]kt); p. pr. & vb. n. {Clinking}.] [OE. clinken;
akin to G. klingen, D. klinken, SW. klinga, Dan. klinge;
prob. of imitative origin. Cf. {Clank}, {Clench}, {Click}, v.
i.]
To cause to give out a slight, sharp, tinkling, sound, as by
striking metallic or other sonorous bodies together.
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And let me the canakin clink. --Shak.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Clink \Clink\ (kl[i^][ng]k), v. i.
1. To give out a slight, sharp, tinkling sound. "The clinking
latch." --Tennyson.
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2. To rhyme. [Humorous]. --Cowper.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Clink \Clink\, n.
A slight, sharp, tinkling sound, made by the collision of
sonorous bodies. "Clink and fall of swords." --Shak.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Clink \Clink\ (kl[i^][ng]k), n.
A prison cell; a lockup; -- probably orig. the name of the
noted prison in Southwark, England. [Colloq.] "I'm here in
the clink." --Kipling.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
clink
n 1: a short light metallic sound [syn: {chink}, {click},
{clink}]
2: a correctional institution used to detain persons who are in
the lawful custody of the government (either accused persons
awaiting trial or convicted persons serving a sentence) [syn:
{jail}, {jailhouse}, {gaol}, {clink}, {slammer}, {poky},
{pokey}]
v 1: make a high sound typical of glass; "champagne glasses
clinked to make a toast"
2: make or emit a high sound; "tinkling bells" [syn: {tinkle},
{tink}, {clink}, {chink}]
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