GNU Collaborative International Dictionary of English

Found 4 definitions

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   Clink (klĭṉk), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Clinked (klĭṉkt); 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.
   
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   And let me the canakin clink. Shak.
   
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   Clink (klĭṉk), v. i.
   1. To give out a slight, sharp, tinkling sound. “The clinking latch.”  Tennyson.
   
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   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 (klĭṉk), 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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