Clink (kli&nsm;k), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Clinked (kli&nsm;kt); p. pr. & vb. n. Clinking.] [OE. clinken; akin to G. klingen, D. klinken, SW. klinga, Dan. klinge; prob. of imitative origin. Cf. Clank, Clench, Click, v. i.]
To cause to give out a slight, sharp, tinkling, sound, as by striking metallic or other sonorous bodies together.
And let me the canakin clink.
Shak.
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Clink (kli&nsm;k), v. i.
1.
To give out a slight, sharp, tinkling sound. "The clinking latch." Tennyson.
2.
To rhyme. [Humorous]. Cowper.
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Clink, n.
A slight, sharp, tinkling sound, made by the collision of sonorous bodies. "Clink and fall of swords." Shak.
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Clink (?), n.
A prison cell; a lockup; -- probably orig. the name of the noted prison in Southwark, England. [Colloq.] "I'm here in the clink." Kipling.
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