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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

CLINK, v.t. To ring or jingle; to utter or make a small sharp sound, or a succession of such sounds, as by striking small metallic or other sonorous bodies together.
CLINK, n. A sharp sound, made by the collision of small sonorous bodies. Spenser, according to Johnson, uses the word for a knocker.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

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]

Merriam Webster's

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. noun Etymology: probably from Clink, a prison in Southwark, London, England Date: 1515 1. slang a prison cell 2. slang jail, prison

Oxford Reference Dictionary

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.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Clink Clink, 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's 1913 Dictionary

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. And let me the canakin clink. --Shak.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Clink Clink (kl[i^][ng]k), v. i. 1. To give out a slight, sharp, tinkling sound. ``The clinking latch.'' --Tennyson. 2. To rhyme. [Humorous]. --Cowper.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Clink Clink, n. A slight, sharp, tinkling sound, made by the collision of sonorous bodies. ``Clink and fall of swords.'' --Shak.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(clinks, clinking, clinked) If objects made of glass, pottery, or metal clink or if you clink them, they touch each other and make a short, light sound. She clinked her glass against his... They clinked glasses... The empty whisky bottle clinked against the seat... Their glasses clinked, their eyes met. V-RECIP: V n against/with n, V pl-n, V against n, pl-n V • Clink is also a noun. ...the clink of a spoon in a cup. N-COUNT; SOUND

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

I. v. n. 1. Ring, jingle, tinkle, chink. 2. Rhyme, jingle, chime. II. v. a. Ring, jingle, chink. III. n. Ring, jingle, chink, tinkle.

1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue

A place in the Borough of Southwark, formerly privileged from arrests; and inhabited by lawless vagabonds of every denomination, called, from the place of their residence, clinkers. Also a gaol, from the clinking of the prisoners' chains or fetters: he is gone to clink.

Moby Thesaurus

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