clinkverb [ I or T ]
uk/klɪŋk/us/klɪŋk/to (cause something to) make a short ringing sound like pieces of glass or metal knocking lightly together:
The ice clinked as she dropped it into the glass.
We all clinked our glasses together and drank to a happy new year.
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Sounds made by objects, movement or impact
- chime
- chug
- clash
- crackling
- ding
- ding-a-ling
- ding-dong
- fizz
- hoot
- knock
- pip
- rasp
- ringer
- rumbling
- sing
- slam
- ting
- twang
- whine
- whistle
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clinking
noun [ S ] uk/ˈklɪŋ.kɪŋ/us/ˈklɪŋ.kɪŋ/
the clinking of glasses
clinknoun
uk/klɪŋk/us/klɪŋk/clink noun (SOUND)
[ S ] a short ringing sound like pieces of glass or metal knocking lightly together:
I could hear the clink of coins in his pocket.
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Sounds made by objects, movement or impact
- chime
- chug
- clash
- crackling
- ding
- ding-a-ling
- ding-dong
- fizz
- hoot
- knock
- pip
- rasp
- ringer
- rumbling
- sing
- slam
- ting
- twang
- whine
- whistle
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clink noun (PRISON)
[ S or U ] informal prison:
Everyone always said Joe would end up in (the) clink.
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Prisons & parts of prisons
- approved school
- Bastille
- boot camp
- borstal
- brig
- gaoler
- halfway house
- HMP
- house of correction
- jail
- matron
- prison
- prison camp
- protective custody
- remand centre
- screw
- slop
- straightjacket
- straitjacket
- young offender institution
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