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单词 tinkle-tankling
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tinkle-tanklingn.

Forms: 1600s tincle-tankling, 1800s tinkle-tankling.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: tinkle v.1, tinkle-tankle n., -ing suffix1.
Etymology: Either a reduplication of tinkling n.1 with vowel variation and truncation of the first element (perhaps after tinkle v.1), or perhaps (ii) < tinkle-tankle n. (although this is first attested slightly later) + -ing suffix1.
Obsolete.
A succession of sharp light ringing sounds; the action or an instance of tinkling. Also figurative.
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the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > resonance or sonority > ringing sound > [noun] > tinkle or ting
twinkling13..
tinglinga1398
tinklinga1398
ting1611
tinkle-tanklinga1625
tinkle-tankle1642
tinniment1656
tinkle1722
tingle1754
sprinkle1843
ting-a-ling?1850
tankling1864
plinkety1891
ting-a-ring1931
a1625 J. Fletcher Wit without Money (1639) v. sig. H2 Here is such a tincle tanklings that we can nere lie quiet.
1897 W. A. Haussmann tr. F. Nietzsche Geneal. Morals in Wks. X. iii. 221 I should like to know how many shiploads of spurious idealism, of heroic costumes and tinkle-tankling of gallant words..would have to be exported.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2020; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

tinkle-tanklingadj.

Forms: 1600s tincle-tankling, 1800s tinkle-tankling.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: tinkle-tankle n., -ing suffix2.
Etymology: < tinkle-tankle n. + -ing suffix2. Compare earlier tinkling adj.1 and tinkle-tankling n.
Obsolete.
That makes a succession of sharp light ringing sounds; that tinkles.
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the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > resonance or sonority > ringing sound > [adjective] > tinkling
tinglingc1450
tinklingc1450
tinkle-tankling1643
tintinnabulant1812
tinkly1860
plinkety1924
1643 Welch Embassadour sig. A2v Her tincle Tankling bells.
1859 G. A. Sala Twice round Clock (1861) 186 Plenty of good heavy choruses, tinkle-tankling instrumental music.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2020; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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