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English Dictionary: tinkle by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
tinkle
n
  1. a light clear metallic sound as of a small bell [syn: ting, tinkle]
v
  1. make or emit a high sound; "tinkling bells" [syn: tinkle, tink, clink, chink]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Tinkershire \Tink"er*shire\, Tinkle \Tin"kle\, n. (Zo[94]l.)
      The common guillemot. [Prov. Eng.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Tinkle \Tin"kle\, v. i. [Freq. of tink. See {Tink}, {Tingle}.]
      1. To make, or give forth, small, quick, sharp sounds, as a
            piece of metal does when struck; to clink.
  
                     As sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal. --1 Cor.
                                                                              xiii. 1.
  
                     The sprightly horse Moves to the music of his
                     tinkling bells.                                 --Dodsley.
  
      2. To hear, or resound with, a small, sharp sound.
  
                     And his ears tinkled, and the color fled. --Dryden.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Tinkle \Tin"kle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Tinkled}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Tinkling}.]
      To cause to clonk, or make small, sharp, quick sounds.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Tinkle \Tin"kle\, n.
      A small, sharp, quick sound, as that made by striking metal.
      --Cowper.
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