[
UK
/klˈɪŋk/
]
[ US /ˈkɫɪŋk/ ]
[ US /ˈkɫɪŋk/ ]
VERB
-
make or emit a high sound
tinkling bells -
make a high sound typical of glass
champagne glasses clinked to make a toast
NOUN
- 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)
- a short light metallic sound
How To Use clink In A Sentence
- As the fool thinks, so the bell clinks.
- Clinker perceiving these signs of life, immediately tied up his arm with a garter, and, pulling out a horse-fleam, let him blood in the farrier stile. — The Expedition of Humphry Clinker
- He put his hand into the pocket of his coat and pulled out a bubbly, burnt lump of clinker rock. SMOKE AND MIRRORS
- The sound of something clinking loudly against metal jolted Chandra out of her thoughts and she looked up quickly.
- The clinker-built construction of overlapping planks secured by clench nails conferred great strength with flexibility.
- Armando stood up, clinking his bottle against Loren's.
- Kinamori awoke to the sound of heavy footfalls, the clink of chains following each step.
- And let me the cannikin clink," and ending, "Why then let a soldier drink," Cassio commends the excellence of the ditty. Shakespeare and the Modern Stage with Other Essays
- The past is violently, thrillingly, even painfully restored to us by the texture of a towel, a stumble on a paving stone, the clinking of a teaspoon against a cup and, yes, the taste of a madeleine dipped in tea.
- I laughed, clinking my beer bottle against his glass.