Clinks

noun

Word Frequency: 0.0

Definitions

1.nounThe sound of metal on metal, or glass on glass.

"You could hear the clink of the glasses from the next room."

2.verbTo make a clinking sound; to make a sound of metal on metal or glass on glass; to strike materials such as metal or glass against one another.

"The hammers clinked on the stone all night."

3.verbTo rhyme.

4.nounA prison.

"If he keeps doing things like that, he’s sure to end up in the clink."

5.nounStress cracks produced in metal ingots as they cool after being cast.

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