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Making a light ringing sound, such as that of a small bell; tinkling, jingling. Sometimes also in extended use, with reference to rhyme in verse; cf…
That jingles: see the verb.
That chimes, in various senses of the verb; spec. in chiming clock.
That clinks or tinkles. (In quot. 1856 there may be a reference to clinker, n.1 4.)