clink : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: clink	by the DICT Development Group
5 results for clink
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
clink n a short light metallic sound [syn: chink, click, clink] 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) Synonym(s): jail, jailhouse, gaol, clink, slammer, poky, pokey v make a high sound typical of glass; "champagne glasses clinked to make a toast" make or emit a high sound; "tinkling bells" Synonym(s): tinkle, tink, clink, chink
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Clink \Clink\, n. A prison cell; a lockup; -- probably orig. the name of the noted prison in Southwark, England. [Colloq.] [bd]I'm here in the clink.[b8] --Kipling.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Clink \Clink\ (kl[icr][nsm]k), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Clinked} (kl[icr][nsm]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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Clink \Clink\ (kl[icr][nsm]k), v. i. 1. To give out a slight, sharp, tinkling sound. [bd]The clinking latch.[b8] --Tennyson. 2. To rhyme. [Humorous]. --Cowper.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Clink \Clink\, n. A slight, sharp, tinkling sound, made by the collision of sonorous bodies. [bd]Clink and fall of swords.[b8] --Shak.