English Dictionary: clinking | by the DICT Development Group |
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
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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. |