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Synonyms for clink


Grammar : Noun
Spell : klingk
Phonetic Transcription : klɪŋk



Définition of clink

Origin :
  • early 14c., echoic (cf. Dutch klinken, Old High German klingan, German klingen). Related: Clinked; clinking. The noun in the sound sense is from c.1400.
  • noun bang against, ring
Example sentences :
  • Fists often pounded on the bar, causing the glasses to clink.
  • Extract from : « L'Assommoir » by Emile Zola
  • Surely the clink of the iron shoe of a horse on a stone in the road!
  • Extract from : « Rodney, the Ranger » by John V. Lane
  • He heard them even before he had left his bunk—the clink, creak, creak!
  • Extract from : « Blazed Trail Stories » by Stewart Edward White
  • We find him living on the Bankside and in the Liberty of the Clink at least as early as 1577.
  • Extract from : « Shakespearean Playhouses » by Joseph Quincy Adams
  • The fact that he was for a time "committed to the Clink" failed to deter him.
  • Extract from : « Shakespearean Playhouses » by Joseph Quincy Adams
  • I'll give you a report that'll keep 'em from slammin' you in clink for bein' drunk.
  • Extract from : « Morale » by Murray Leinster
  • She had forgot, that, as fools think, The bell is ever sure to clink.
  • Extract from : « The Bon Gaultier Ballads » by William Edmonstoune Aytoun
  • Straightway there was silence; tongues ceased to wag, tankards to clink.
  • Extract from : « Bob, Son of Battle » by Alfred Ollivant
  • There followed a clink of glasses, and some of the wine was spilt.
  • Extract from : « Lorimer of the Northwest » by Harold Bindloss
  • Soon she heard the creak of the door, gliding steps, and the clink of spurs.
  • Extract from : « Peter the Priest » by Mr Jkai

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