Clink - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|klɪŋk|
Brit.
|klɪŋk|
noun
- a short light metallic sound (syn: chink, click)
- 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) (syn: gaol, jail, pokey, poky, slammer)
- 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) (syn: gaol, jail, pokey, poky, slammer)
verb
- make a high sound typical of glass
champagne glasses clinked to make a toast
- make or emit a high sound (syn: chink, tinkle)Extra examples
When she'd completed the toast, they clinked glasses.
...coins clinking in his pocket as he traipsed down the street...
She clinked her glass against Rudolph's.
Each drop struck the surface with a metallic, musical clink.
Spoons clinked against the crockery.
Word forms
verb
I/you/we/they: clink
he/she/it: clinks
present participle: clinking
past tense: clinked
past participle: clinked
I/you/we/they: clink
he/she/it: clinks
present participle: clinking
past tense: clinked
past participle: clinked
noun
singular: clink
plural: clinks
singular: clink
plural: clinks
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