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• clink — [kliŋk] vi., vt. [ME clinken < MDu klinken: orig. echoic] to make or cause to make a slight, sharp sound, as of glasses striking together n. 1. such a sound 2. [< name of an 18th c. prison in Southwark (London)] Informal a jail; prison …   English World 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 — [[t]klɪ̱ŋk[/t]] clinks, clinking, clinked V RECIP ERG If objects made of glass, pottery, or metal clink or if you clink them, they touch each other and make a short, light sound. [V n against/with n] She clinked her glass against his... [V pl n]… …   English dictionary

• clink — clink1 [klıŋk] v [I and T] [Date: 1300 1400; Origin: From the sound] if two glass or metal objects clink, or if you clink them, they make a short ringing sound when they are hit together ▪ Spoons clinked against the crockery. clink 2 clink2 n… …   Dictionary of contemporary 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 — 1. n. & v. n. a sharp ringing sound. v. 1 intr. make a clink. 2 tr. cause (glasses etc.) to clink. Etymology: ME, prob. f. MDu. klinken; cf. CLANG, CLANK 2. n. (often prec. by in) sl. prison. Etymology: 16th c.: orig. unkn …   Useful english dictionary

• clink glasses — v. propose or drink a toast, drink in honor of, make a toast, lift a glass …   English contemporary dictionary

• Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam — (Persian: رباعیات عمر خیام) The Rubáiyát (Arabic: رباعیات) is a collection of poems, originally written in the Persian language and of which there are about a thousand, attributed to the Persian mathematician and astronomer Omar Khayyám (1048 –… …   Wikipedia

• earthquake — /errth kwayk /, n. 1. a series of vibrations induced in the earth s crust by the abrupt rupture and rebound of rocks in which elastic strain has been slowly accumulating. 2. something that is severely disruptive; upheaval. [1300 50; ME erthequake …   Universalium

• glass — noun 1 transparent substance ADJECTIVE ▪ clear, coloured/colored, opaque, plain, smoked, tinted ▪ broken ▪ flying …   Collocations dictionary

• List of experiments from Lilo & Stitch — Kixx redirects here. For the soccer team, see Philadelphia Kixx. Image of experiment 626, also known as Stitch. The most popular of the experiments. This is a list of experiments from the Disney animated Lilo Stitch franchise, a series of… …   Wikipedia