clink (verb)

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• clink — verb Clink is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑coin, ↑glass Clink is used with these nouns as the object: ↑glass …   Collocations dictionary

• clink — ► NOUN ▪ a sharp ringing sound, such as that made when metal or glass are struck. ► VERB ▪ make or cause to make a clink. ORIGIN from Dutch klinken …   English terms dictionary

• clink|er — «KLIHNG kuhr», noun, verb. –n. 1. a large, rough cinder left in a furnace or forge after coal has been burned. 2. a very hard brick. 3. a mass of bricks fused together. 4. the rough, hard waste left after metal is separated from ore by melting;… …   Useful english dictionary

• clink — I. /klɪŋk / (say klingk) verb (i) 1. to make a light, sharp, ringing sound. 2. to rhyme or jingle. 3. to move with a clinking sound. –verb (t) 4. to cause to make such a sound. –noun 5. a clinking sound. 6. a rhyme; jingle. 7. the rather piercing …  

• clink — I. verb Etymology: Middle English, of imitative origin Date: 14th century intransitive verb to give out a slight sharp short metallic sound transitive verb to cause to clink II. noun Date: 15th century a clinking sound III …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• clink — 1 verb (I, T) if two glass or metal objects clink or if you clink them, they make a short ringing sound: clink glasses I clinked glasses with the other guests. 2 noun 1 (singular) the short ringing sound made by metal or glass objects hitting… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• clink — I UK [klɪŋk] / US verb [intransitive/transitive] Word forms clink : present tense I/you/we/they clink he/she/it clinks present participle clinking past tense clinked past participle clinked to make the short high sound of glass or metal objects… …   English dictionary

• clink — clink1 [ klıŋk ] verb intransitive or transitive to make the short high sound of glass or metal objects hitting each other, or to cause objects to make this sound clink clink 2 [ klıŋk ] noun 1. ) count usually singular a short high sound that… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• clink — 1. noun a) The sound of metal on metal, or glass on glass. You could hear the clink of the glasses from the next room. b) Jail or prison, after prison in Southwark, London. Used in the phrase . When Frere had come down, an hour before, the… …   Wiktionary

• clink — clink1 noun a sharp ringing sound, such as that made when metal or glass are struck. verb make or cause to make a clink. Origin ME (as v.): prob. from MDu. klinken. clink2 noun informal prison. Origin C16 (orig. denoting a prison in Southwark,… …   English new terms dictionary

• clink — [klɪŋk] verb [I/T] to make a short high sound like glass or metal objects hitting each other clink noun [singular] …   Dictionary for writing and speaking English