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1 klimpern
I v/i jingle, jangle; auf Klavier: plonk ( schneller: tinkle) (away); auf Gitarre: strum (away); mit den Schlüsseln etc. klimpern jingle ( oder jangle) one’s keys etc.; mit den Wimpern klimpern umg., hum. flutter one’s eyelashes* * *to clink; to jingle; to thrum; to strum* * *klịm|pern ['klɪmpɐn]vito tinkle; (= stümperhaft klimpern) to plonk away (inf); (auf Banjo) to twangmit Geld klimpern — to jingle coins
* * *das1) (a slight metallic ringing sound (made eg by coins or by small bells): The dog pricked up its ears at the jingle of its master's keys.) jingle2) (a ringing sound: the clink of coins.) clink3) (to play especially noisily and unskilfully on a piano or stringed instrument: to strum a tune.) strum4) (to make a twang: He twanged his guitar; The wire twanged.) twang* * *klim·pern[ˈklɪmpɐn]vi1. (Töne erzeugen)auf einer Gitarre \klimpern to plunk away on [or twang] a guitar3. (erklingen lassen)mit seinen Schlüsseln \klimpern to jangle one's keys* * *1.intransitives Verb jingle; tinkle; <coins, keys> jinglemit den Wimpern klimpern — (scherzh.) flutter one's eyelashes [seductively]
2.auf dem Klavier klimpern — (ugs.) plunk away on the piano
* * *mit den Wimpern klimpern umg, hum flutter one’s eyelashes* * *1.intransitives Verb jingle; tinkle; <coins, keys> jinglemit den Wimpern klimpern — (scherzh.) flutter one's eyelashes [seductively]
2.auf dem Klavier klimpern — (ugs.) plunk away on the piano
* * *v.to chink v.to jingle v.to strum v.to thrum v. -
2 klimpern
1. to chink2. to clink3. to jingle4. to strum5. to thrum
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