clink
1
[ klingk ]
/ klɪŋk /
verb (used with or without object)
to make or cause to make a light, sharp, ringing sound: The coins clinked together. He clinked the fork against a glass.
noun
a clinking sound.
Metallurgy.
a small crack in a steel ingot resulting from uneven expanding or contracting.
a pointed steel bar for breaking up road surfaces.
Archaic.
a rhyme; jingle.
Origin of clink
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1275–1325; Middle English
clinken, perhaps < Middle Dutch
clinken to sound, ring, resound
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Definition for clink (2 of 2)
clink
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[ klingk ]
/ klɪŋk /
noun Slang.
a prison; jail; lockup.
Origin of clink
2
1505–15; after
Clink, name of prison in Southwark, London, perhaps < Dutch
klink door-latch
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British Dictionary definitions for clink (1 of 2)
clink
1
/ (klɪŋk) /
verb
to make or cause to make a light and sharply ringing sound
noun
a light and sharply ringing sound
British
a pointed steel tool used for breaking up the surface of a road before it is repaired
Word Origin for clink
C14: perhaps from Middle Dutch
klinken; related to Old Low German
chlanch, German
Klang sound
British Dictionary definitions for clink (2 of 2)
Word Origin for clink
C16: after
Clink, name of a prison in Southwark, London