Clink
noun
A short, sharp, metallic sound.
The coins made a clink as they fell into the wishing well
Often appears as...
- clink of bottles
- clink of glasses
verb
To make or cause to make a short, sharp, metallic sound.
My jewelry clinked together as I walked
Often appears as...
- coins clinking
- glasses clinking
noun
Prison or jail.
He ended up in the clink for car theft
Often appears as...
- end up in the clink
- out of the clink
Usage tips
Informal
Colloquial
noun
A short, sharp, metallic sound.
The coins made a clink as they fell into the wishing well
Often appears as...
- clink of bottles
- clink of glasses
verb
To make or cause to make a short, sharp, metallic sound.
My jewelry clinked together as I walked
Often appears as...
- coins clinking
- glasses clinking
noun
Prison or jail.
He ended up in the clink for car theft
Often appears as...
- end up in the clink
- out of the clink
Usage tips
Informal
Colloquial
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Sound Association
Think of 'clink' when describing sounds often heard at celebrations, like toasting.
New Year's Eve was filled with the clink of champagne glasses.
Pro Tip 2/3Small Objects
'Clink' usually refers to the sound made by small or delicate objects, not large ones.
The clink of a fork against a bowl signaled dinner time.
Pro Tip 3/3Light Impact
Use 'clink' when the contact is light; heavier impacts have a different sound.
The jeweler heard the gentle clink of the beads as they were strung together.
Pro Tip 1/3Sound Association
Think of 'clink' when describing sounds often heard at celebrations, like toasting.
New Year's Eve was filled with the clink of champagne glasses.
Pro Tip 2/3Small Objects
'Clink' usually refers to the sound made by small or delicate objects, not large ones.
The clink of a fork against a bowl signaled dinner time.
Pro Tip 3/3Light Impact
Use 'clink' when the contact is light; heavier impacts have a different sound.
The jeweler heard the gentle clink of the beads as they were strung together.
Pro Tip 1/3Sound Association
Think of 'clink' when describing sounds often heard at celebrations, like toasting.
New Year's Eve was filled with the clink of champagne glasses.
Pro Tip 2/3Small Objects
'Clink' usually refers to the sound made by small or delicate objects, not large ones.
The clink of a fork against a bowl signaled dinner time.
Pro Tip 3/3Light Impact
Use 'clink' when the contact is light; heavier impacts have a different sound.
The jeweler heard the gentle clink of the beads as they were strung together.
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And yet, in most immigration prisons that I have visited as a lawyer or a researcher, the steel door is closed shut with the clink of confinement. For the sake of votes,
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SpaceX and Commercial...
have a baseline of time much longer than a quarterly report or an annual report it's a clink tree countries can make those kinds of investments particularly if the long term return on that investment is for the greater glory of
Video examples
Top 5 Best Animal...
pinkey wants to make sure the group raises just one set of offspring her own they're all fighting for limited resources any competition would put clink his pups under threat she won't let that happen
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The US Can Move past...
And yet, in most immigration prisons that I have visited as a lawyer or a researcher, the steel door is closed shut with the clink of confinement. For the sake of votes,
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Quote examples
Idina Menzel
American Actress
I'd been a wedding singer through college, but after a few years of doing my best renditions of jazz standards to clinking glasses and the sound of forks on salad, I thought, 'Oh God, if this is all I do, I'll never be able to live with myself.
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Matt Besser
American Actor
People take toasting way too seriously - especially the clinking glasses part. There are always a few people who are seated too far away from each other to easily clink.
Quote examples
Idina Menzel
American Actress
I'd been a wedding singer through college, but after a few years of doing my best renditions of jazz standards to clinking glasses and the sound of forks on salad, I thought, 'Oh God, if this is all I do, I'll never be able to live with myself.
Quote examples
Matt Besser
American Actor
People take toasting way too seriously - especially the clinking glasses part. There are always a few people who are seated too far away from each other to easily clink.
Example 1 of 2
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