tinklingn.¹

Brit.

/ˈtɪŋklɪŋ/,

/ˈtɪŋkl̩ɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈtɪŋk(ə)lɪŋ/

Forms: Middle English tenclinge, Middle English tincling, Middle English tinkelinge, Middle English tynclynge, Middle English tynkelinge, Middle English tynkelyng, Middle English–1500s tinclinge, 1500s tincleing, 1500s tinkeling, 1500s tinklyng, 1500s tynclyng, 1500s tynkling, 1500s tynklynge, 1500s–1600s tinckeling, 1500s–1600s tinckling, 1500s– tinkling.

Origin: Either (i) formed within English, by derivation. Or (ii) a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymons: tinkle v.¹, -ing suffix¹; tingling n.; tinking n.¹

Etymology: Either (i) < tinkle v.¹ + -ing suffix¹, or (ii) partly (especially in sense 1) a variant of tingling n. (compare the discussion at tinkle v.¹), and partly (in sense 2) an alteration of tinking n.¹, after tinkle v.¹

The action of tinkle v.¹

1. The sensation of ringing in the ear; tinnitus. Also: †the sensation of tingling or prickling of the skin (obsolete). Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > sounds heard in body > [noun] > ringing, etc., in the ears

ringinga1398

tinklinga1398

sibilusc1400

sounding1600

singing1605

bombus1753

tympanophony1899

zinging1921

a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) I. v. xii. 191 Þe ere is igreued..by euel disposicioun of þe synewe..as it fareþ in noys and tynkelinge and ryngynge in þe eere [L. in sonitu et tinnitu].

a1425 tr. Guy de Chauliac Grande Chirurgie (Jesus Cambr.) f. 151, in J. Norri Dict. Med. Vocab. in Eng. (2016) 1103/1 Þis is comoun to þes infirmites, þat is to wite palsie, crampe, trembling, tincling or slumbring [L. tremori, stupori] & croking.

a1475 tr. Gilbertus Anglicus Pharmaceutical Writings (Wellcome) (1991) 74 (MED) It may be knowen if wormes be in þe eere by iching, and tincling, and mouying withyn þe eere.

?1543 T. Phaer tr. J. Goeurot Regiment of Lyfe ii. f. xv^v Deafnesse by wynde..in the eare..causeth tynklynge in the heed.

1635 R. Brathwait tr. M. Silesio Arcadian Princesse ii. 104 I feele a perpetuall tinckling and sowing [perhaps read sowning] in mine eares.

1803 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 9 145 Affected..with a difficulty of hearing, and a tinkling in the ears.

2013 S. Wales Echo (Nexis) 14 Aug. 21 It's called tinnitus..and it is the tinkling, ringing or hissing heard in one or both ears.

2. A succession of sharp light ringing sounds, as of a cymbal, a small bell, the plucking of a stringed instrument, or the notes of a piano; the action or an instance of ringing or jingling. Also figurative.

ΘΚΠ

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

society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > sound of instruments > [noun] > sound of bell > small bell

clapping1377

tinglinga1398

tinklinga1398

jingling14..

tinging1495

ting1611

ting-tang1808

ting-a-ling?1850

tankling1864

jingle1874

pringa1930

a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) II. xix. cxxxvii. 1391 Armonia rithimica is a sownyng melody, and comeþ of smytyng of strynges, and of tynkelyng or ryngyng of metal [L. tinnitu metallorum].

1549 M. Coverdale et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. II. 1 Cor. xiii. f. xxxv A cymball, that with his vnprofitable tinklyng troubleth the eares.

1617 F. Moryson Itinerary iii. 32 The Papists at the tinckling of a little Bell, lift up the consecrated Bread.

1650 W. Davenant Pref. to Gondibert 52 Old men..think it lyes in a kinde of..tinkling of words.

1751 T. Gray Elegy ii. 5 Drowsy tinklings lull the distant folds.

1785 W. Cowper Task vi. 1021 Idle tinkling of a minstrel's lyre.

1800 Hull Advertiser 8 Nov. 3/3 Pretended half-guineas.., and nothing but the test of tinkling can lead to detection.

1881 J. Broadhouse Student's Helmholtz 197 That peculiar high inharmonious noise which we are accustomed to call ‘tinkling’.

2013 East Grinstead Courier (Nexis) 21 Nov. 9 The tinkling of a piano and harmonies of a melodic choir are heavenly sounds to some.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2020; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

tinklingn.²

Brit.

/ˈtɪŋklɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈtɪŋklɪŋ/, Caribbean English /ˈtɪŋklɪn/

Origin: Formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Etymon: tinkling grackle n. at tinkling adj.¹ Compounds.

Etymology: Short for tinkling grackle n. at tinkling adj.¹ Compounds.

Jamaican. Now rare.

A Greater Antillean grackle of the Jamaican subspecies Quiscalus niger crassirostris (family Icteridae), a glossy black songbird with tinkling and grating calls; = tinkling grackle n. at tinkling adj.¹ Compounds.

ΚΠ

1847 P. H. Gosse & R. Hill Birds of Jamaica 219 Like the Ani, the Tinkling feeds on the parasites of cattle.

1890 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. June 787 The tinkling may be seen feeding greedily in the pastures.

1956 M. Jeffrey-Smith Bird-watching in Jamaica 78 Most persons in Jamaica think of the Tinkling (for rarely is the term Grackle added) as a black bird easily distinguished from any other by the eye, the iris of which is creamy white, or a light yellow.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2020; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

tinklingadj.¹

Brit.

/ˈtɪŋklɪŋ/,

/ˈtɪŋkl̩ɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈtɪŋk(ə)lɪŋ/

Forms: late Middle English–1500s tynclynge, 1500s tinckelinge, 1500s tinckelyng, 1500s tincland (Scottish), 1500s tinkeling, 1500s tinkelinge, 1500s tinkelyng, 1500s tinkiland (Scottish), 1500s tinklinge, 1500s tyncling, 1500s tynkelyng, 1500s tynkelynge, 1500s tynkleyng, 1500s tynklynge, 1500s–1600s tinckeling, 1500s–1600s tinckling, 1500s– tinkling.

Origin: Either (i) formed within English, by derivation. Or (ii, iii) a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymons: tinkle v.¹, -ing suffix²; tinking adj.; tingling adj.

Etymology: Either (i) < tinkle v.¹ + -ing suffix², or (ii) an alteration of tinking adj., after tinkle v.¹, or (iii) a variant of tingling adj. (compare the discussion at tinkle v.¹).

1. That tinkles; that makes a sharp light ringing sound, or a succession of such sounds; that jingles.In early use chiefly with reference to 1 Corinthians 13:1.

ΘΚΠ

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

c1450 (c1395) Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.) (Bodl. 277) (1850) 1 Cor. xiii. 1 Tynclynge [a1425 Royal 1 C.viii If Y speke with tungis of men and of aungels, and Y haue not charite, Y am maad as..a cymbal tynkynge, c1450 Arun. 104 tinglinge; E.V. c1384 Douce 369(2) tynkynge; L. tinniens].

1526 Bible (Tyndale) 1 Cor. xiii. 1 I were even as soundynge brasse, and as a tynklynge Cymball.

1663 A. Cowley Ess. in Verse & Prose (1669) vii The tinckling strings of thy loose minstrelsie.

1717 A. Pope Eloisa to Abelard in Wks. 425 The grots that eccho to the tinkling rills.

1829 W. Scott Anne of Geierstein II. i. 17 A long train of mules—a jolly tinkling team.

1876 M. M. Grant Sun-maid I. i. 15 There came the tinkling musical echo of a bell.

2003 Casino.com Mag. Autumn 75/1 One of my earliest memories is hearing the tinkling sound of ice in crystal clear gin—with a dash of vermouth—being stirred in a small jug by an elegant glass swizzle stick.

2. figurative. Of verse: that rhymes or jingles. Of speech or language: empty, idle, senseless. Of a speaker: that uses language of this type. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > absence of meaning > nonsense, rubbish > empty, idle talk > [adjective] > engaging in idle talk

babblinga1250

chatteringa1250

drivellinga1475

clattering1477

trattling?a1513

prating1528

bluddering1553

chatting1589

mouthy1589

dribbling1593

tinkling1625

stultiloquious1683

havering1720

vaniloquent1727

haverela1774

havering1808

stultiloquent1845

yattering1859

blethery1889

blithering1889

yackety-yacking1953

yacketing1958

nattering1959

yacking1959

chopsy1974

society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > versification > rhyme > [adjective] > jingling

tinkling1625

ding-dong1628

chiming1648

jinglya1806

jingling1841

tintinnabulant1865

society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > weakness or feebleness > [adjective]

feeblec1400

colourlessc1425

flagging1540

pithless1555

blanched1570

toothless1592

unpointed1604

unsinewed1604

jejune1615

low-pitched1622

unsinewy?1623

macilent1624

flaccid1647

insinewy1653

unsubstanceda1658

incogent1667

pointless1673

languida1677

enervatea1704

unaccentuated1716

unnervate1725

lank1729

unforcible1754

nerveless1763

weak1771

flabby1793

slip-slop1814

tinkling1822

exsanguinea1834

twittery1840

slipshod1842

under-coloured1870

shaftless1881

thin1890

unaccented1893

wimpish1925

wimp1979

1625 B. Jonson Fortunate Isles 291 In rime! fine tinckling rime! and flowand verse!

1692 J. Washington tr. J. Milton Def. People Eng. Pref. p. xi Them, I say, together with their tinkling Advocate,..we shall e'en let whine on, till they cry their eyes out.

1822 W. Hazlitt Table-talk II. viii. 193 Keep to your sounding generalities, your tinkling phrases.

1871 B. Taylor tr. J. W. von Goethe Faust I. i. 28 Beware, a tinkling fool to be!

1999 Sewanee Rev. 107 216 The great English lyrics..we are inclined to relegate to the dustbin of doggerel or to associate with nineteenth-century overemphatic rhythms and tinkling rhyming stanzas.

Compounds

tinkling grackle n. Jamaican a Greater Antillean grackle of the Jamaican subspecies Quiscalus niger crassirostris (family Icteridae), a glossy black songbird with tinkling and grating calls. Cf. tinkling n.²

ΚΠ

1847 P. H. Gosse & R. Hill Birds of Jamaica 217 Tinkling Grakle.

1956 M. Jeffrey-Smith Bird-watching in Jamaica 79 But in May I have seen nests of petcharies and mocking birds on the same tree as those of the tinkling grackle.

1996 A. F. Skutch Orioles, Blackbirds, & their Kin x. 112 The Greater Antillean Grackle begins his song with two or three finely modulated, bell-like notes that degenerate into harsh, grating noises like those of ungreased cart wheels. The opening notes earn for him the name ‘tinkling grackle’ in Jamaica.

Derivatives

ˈtinklingly adv. in a tinkling manner.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > resonance or sonority > ringing sound > [adverb] > jingling or jangling

jingle-jingle1665

tinklingly1837

jinglingly1840

1837 tr. F. L. Z. Werner in Dublin Univ. Mag. July 44 The little Alpine bells tinklingly sang.

1894 S. R. Crockett Mad Sir Uchtred 25 As she spoke she laughed tinklingly.

2009 Irish Times (Nexis) 12 Dec. 7 [He] asked the pert receptionist whether there was somewhere quiet to talk, away from the tinklingly insistent Christmas carols piping through the reception area.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2020; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

† tinklingadj.²

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: tinkle v.², -ing suffix².

Etymology: < tinkle v.² + -ing suffix². Compare tinkering adj. Compare earlier tinking n.² and tinkler n.¹

Obsolete. rare.

That works as a tinker.

ΚΠ

1598 J. Marston Scourge of Villanie iii. ix. sig. G8^v I once did know a tinckling Pewterer.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2020).

n.¹a1398

n.²1847

adj.¹c1450

adj.²1598

单词	tinkling
释义	tinklingn.¹ Brit. /ˈtɪŋklɪŋ/, /ˈtɪŋkl̩ɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈtɪŋk(ə)lɪŋ/ Forms: Middle English tenclinge, Middle English tincling, Middle English tinkelinge, Middle English tynclynge, Middle English tynkelinge, Middle English tynkelyng, Middle English–1500s tinclinge, 1500s tincleing, 1500s tinkeling, 1500s tinklyng, 1500s tynclyng, 1500s tynkling, 1500s tynklynge, 1500s–1600s tinckeling, 1500s–1600s tinckling, 1500s– tinkling. Origin: Either (i) formed within English, by derivation. Or (ii) a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymons: tinkle v.¹, -ing suffix¹; tingling n.; tinking n.¹ Etymology: Either (i) < tinkle v.¹ + -ing suffix¹, or (ii) partly (especially in sense 1) a variant of tingling n. (compare the discussion at tinkle v.¹), and partly (in sense 2) an alteration of tinking n.¹, after tinkle v.¹ The action of tinkle v.¹ 1. The sensation of ringing in the ear; tinnitus. Also: †the sensation of tingling or prickling of the skin (obsolete). Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > sounds heard in body > [noun] > ringing, etc., in the ears ringinga1398 tinklinga1398 sibilusc1400 sounding1600 singing1605 bombus1753 tympanophony1899 zinging1921 a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) I. v. xii. 191 Þe ere is igreued..by euel disposicioun of þe synewe..as it fareþ in noys and tynkelinge and ryngynge in þe eere [L. in sonitu et tinnitu]. a1425 tr. Guy de Chauliac Grande Chirurgie (Jesus Cambr.) f. 151, in J. Norri Dict. Med. Vocab. in Eng. (2016) 1103/1 Þis is comoun to þes infirmites, þat is to wite palsie, crampe, trembling, tincling or slumbring [L. tremori, stupori] & croking. a1475 tr. Gilbertus Anglicus Pharmaceutical Writings (Wellcome) (1991) 74 (MED) It may be knowen if wormes be in þe eere by iching, and tincling, and mouying withyn þe eere. ?1543 T. Phaer tr. J. Goeurot Regiment of Lyfe ii. f. xv^v Deafnesse by wynde..in the eare..causeth tynklynge in the heed. 1635 R. Brathwait tr. M. Silesio Arcadian Princesse ii. 104 I feele a perpetuall tinckling and sowing [perhaps read sowning] in mine eares. 1803 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 9 145 Affected..with a difficulty of hearing, and a tinkling in the ears. 2013 S. Wales Echo (Nexis) 14 Aug. 21 It's called tinnitus..and it is the tinkling, ringing or hissing heard in one or both ears. 2. A succession of sharp light ringing sounds, as of a cymbal, a small bell, the plucking of a stringed instrument, or the notes of a piano; the action or an instance of ringing or jingling. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ 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 society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > sound of instruments > [noun] > sound of bell > small bell clapping1377 tinglinga1398 tinklinga1398 jingling14.. tinging1495 ting1611 ting-tang1808 ting-a-ling?1850 tankling1864 jingle1874 pringa1930 a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) II. xix. cxxxvii. 1391 Armonia rithimica is a sownyng melody, and comeþ of smytyng of strynges, and of tynkelyng or ryngyng of metal [L. tinnitu metallorum]. 1549 M. Coverdale et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. II. 1 Cor. xiii. f. xxxv A cymball, that with his vnprofitable tinklyng troubleth the eares. 1617 F. Moryson Itinerary iii. 32 The Papists at the tinckling of a little Bell, lift up the consecrated Bread. 1650 W. Davenant Pref. to Gondibert 52 Old men..think it lyes in a kinde of..tinkling of words. 1751 T. Gray Elegy ii. 5 Drowsy tinklings lull the distant folds. 1785 W. Cowper Task vi. 1021 Idle tinkling of a minstrel's lyre. 1800 Hull Advertiser 8 Nov. 3/3 Pretended half-guineas.., and nothing but the test of tinkling can lead to detection. 1881 J. Broadhouse Student's Helmholtz 197 That peculiar high inharmonious noise which we are accustomed to call ‘tinkling’. 2013 East Grinstead Courier (Nexis) 21 Nov. 9 The tinkling of a piano and harmonies of a melodic choir are heavenly sounds to some. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2020; most recently modified version published online March 2022). tinklingn.² Brit. /ˈtɪŋklɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈtɪŋklɪŋ/, Caribbean English /ˈtɪŋklɪn/ Origin: Formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Etymon: tinkling grackle n. at tinkling adj.¹ Compounds. Etymology: Short for tinkling grackle n. at tinkling adj.¹ Compounds. Jamaican. Now rare. A Greater Antillean grackle of the Jamaican subspecies Quiscalus niger crassirostris (family Icteridae), a glossy black songbird with tinkling and grating calls; = tinkling grackle n. at tinkling adj.¹ Compounds. ΚΠ 1847 P. H. Gosse & R. Hill Birds of Jamaica 219 Like the Ani, the Tinkling feeds on the parasites of cattle. 1890 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. June 787 The tinkling may be seen feeding greedily in the pastures. 1956 M. Jeffrey-Smith Bird-watching in Jamaica 78 Most persons in Jamaica think of the Tinkling (for rarely is the term Grackle added) as a black bird easily distinguished from any other by the eye, the iris of which is creamy white, or a light yellow. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2020; most recently modified version published online March 2022). tinklingadj.¹ Brit. /ˈtɪŋklɪŋ/, /ˈtɪŋkl̩ɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈtɪŋk(ə)lɪŋ/ Forms: late Middle English–1500s tynclynge, 1500s tinckelinge, 1500s tinckelyng, 1500s tincland (Scottish), 1500s tinkeling, 1500s tinkelinge, 1500s tinkelyng, 1500s tinkiland (Scottish), 1500s tinklinge, 1500s tyncling, 1500s tynkelyng, 1500s tynkelynge, 1500s tynkleyng, 1500s tynklynge, 1500s–1600s tinckeling, 1500s–1600s tinckling, 1500s– tinkling. Origin: Either (i) formed within English, by derivation. Or (ii, iii) a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymons: tinkle v.¹, -ing suffix²; tinking adj.; tingling adj. Etymology: Either (i) < tinkle v.¹ + -ing suffix², or (ii) an alteration of tinking adj., after tinkle v.¹, or (iii) a variant of tingling adj. (compare the discussion at tinkle v.¹). 1. That tinkles; that makes a sharp light ringing sound, or a succession of such sounds; that jingles.In early use chiefly with reference to 1 Corinthians 13:1. ΘΚΠ 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 c1450 (c1395) Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.) (Bodl. 277) (1850) 1 Cor. xiii. 1 Tynclynge [a1425 Royal 1 C.viii If Y speke with tungis of men and of aungels, and Y haue not charite, Y am maad as..a cymbal tynkynge, c1450 Arun. 104 tinglinge; E.V. c1384 Douce 369(2) tynkynge; L. tinniens]. 1526 Bible (Tyndale) 1 Cor. xiii. 1 I were even as soundynge brasse, and as a tynklynge Cymball. 1663 A. Cowley Ess. in Verse & Prose (1669) vii The tinckling strings of thy loose minstrelsie. 1717 A. Pope Eloisa to Abelard in Wks. 425 The grots that eccho to the tinkling rills. 1829 W. Scott Anne of Geierstein II. i. 17 A long train of mules—a jolly tinkling team. 1876 M. M. Grant Sun-maid I. i. 15 There came the tinkling musical echo of a bell. 2003 Casino.com Mag. Autumn 75/1 One of my earliest memories is hearing the tinkling sound of ice in crystal clear gin—with a dash of vermouth—being stirred in a small jug by an elegant glass swizzle stick. 2. figurative. Of verse: that rhymes or jingles. Of speech or language: empty, idle, senseless. Of a speaker: that uses language of this type. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > absence of meaning > nonsense, rubbish > empty, idle talk > [adjective] > engaging in idle talk babblinga1250 chatteringa1250 drivellinga1475 clattering1477 trattling?a1513 prating1528 bluddering1553 chatting1589 mouthy1589 dribbling1593 tinkling1625 stultiloquious1683 havering1720 vaniloquent1727 haverela1774 havering1808 stultiloquent1845 yattering1859 blethery1889 blithering1889 yackety-yacking1953 yacketing1958 nattering1959 yacking1959 chopsy1974 society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > versification > rhyme > [adjective] > jingling tinkling1625 ding-dong1628 chiming1648 jinglya1806 jingling1841 tintinnabulant1865 society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > weakness or feebleness > [adjective] feeblec1400 colourlessc1425 flagging1540 pithless1555 blanched1570 toothless1592 unpointed1604 unsinewed1604 jejune1615 low-pitched1622 unsinewy?1623 macilent1624 flaccid1647 insinewy1653 unsubstanceda1658 incogent1667 pointless1673 languida1677 enervatea1704 unaccentuated1716 unnervate1725 lank1729 unforcible1754 nerveless1763 weak1771 flabby1793 slip-slop1814 tinkling1822 exsanguinea1834 twittery1840 slipshod1842 under-coloured1870 shaftless1881 thin1890 unaccented1893 wimpish1925 wimp1979 1625 B. Jonson Fortunate Isles 291 In rime! fine tinckling rime! and flowand verse! 1692 J. Washington tr. J. Milton Def. People Eng. Pref. p. xi Them, I say, together with their tinkling Advocate,..we shall e'en let whine on, till they cry their eyes out. 1822 W. Hazlitt Table-talk II. viii. 193 Keep to your sounding generalities, your tinkling phrases. 1871 B. Taylor tr. J. W. von Goethe Faust I. i. 28 Beware, a tinkling fool to be! 1999 Sewanee Rev. 107 216 The great English lyrics..we are inclined to relegate to the dustbin of doggerel or to associate with nineteenth-century overemphatic rhythms and tinkling rhyming stanzas. Compounds tinkling grackle n. Jamaican a Greater Antillean grackle of the Jamaican subspecies Quiscalus niger crassirostris (family Icteridae), a glossy black songbird with tinkling and grating calls. Cf. tinkling n.² ΚΠ 1847 P. H. Gosse & R. Hill Birds of Jamaica 217 Tinkling Grakle. 1956 M. Jeffrey-Smith Bird-watching in Jamaica 79 But in May I have seen nests of petcharies and mocking birds on the same tree as those of the tinkling grackle. 1996 A. F. Skutch Orioles, Blackbirds, & their Kin x. 112 The Greater Antillean Grackle begins his song with two or three finely modulated, bell-like notes that degenerate into harsh, grating noises like those of ungreased cart wheels. The opening notes earn for him the name ‘tinkling grackle’ in Jamaica. Derivatives ˈtinklingly adv. in a tinkling manner. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > resonance or sonority > ringing sound > [adverb] > jingling or jangling jingle-jingle1665 tinklingly1837 jinglingly1840 1837 tr. F. L. Z. Werner in Dublin Univ. Mag. July 44 The little Alpine bells tinklingly sang. 1894 S. R. Crockett Mad Sir Uchtred 25 As she spoke she laughed tinklingly. 2009 Irish Times (Nexis) 12 Dec. 7 [He] asked the pert receptionist whether there was somewhere quiet to talk, away from the tinklingly insistent Christmas carols piping through the reception area. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2020; most recently modified version published online March 2022). † tinklingadj.² Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: tinkle v.², -ing suffix². Etymology: < tinkle v.² + -ing suffix². Compare tinkering adj. Compare earlier tinking n.² and tinkler n.¹ Obsolete. rare. That works as a tinker. ΚΠ 1598 J. Marston Scourge of Villanie iii. ix. sig. G8^v I once did know a tinckling Pewterer. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2020). < n.¹a1398n.²1847adj.¹c1450adj.²1598
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tinklingn.1

tinklingn.2

tinklingadj.1

Compounds

Derivatives

† tinklingadj.2

tinklingn.¹

tinklingn.²

tinklingadj.¹

† tinklingadj.²