What does "clink" mean?
Clink: To give out a slight, sharp, thinkling sound. "The clinking latch." Tennyson.
Additional senses
- 2.To rhyme. [Humorous]. Cowper.
- 3.A slight, sharp, tinkling sound, made by the collision of sonorous bodies. "Clink and fall of swords." Shak.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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