CLINK

clink

Noun

  1. The sound of metal on metal, or glass on glass.
    You could hear the clink of the glasses from the next room.
  2. Jail or prison, after '''' prison in Southwark, London. Used in the phrase .
    If he keeps doing things like that, he’s sure to end up in the clink.
  3. Stress cracks produced in metal ingots as they cool after being cast.

Verb

  1. To make a clinking sound; to make a sound of metal on metal or glass on glass; to strike materials such as metal or glass against one another.
    The hammers clinked on the stone all night.
  2. To rhyme.


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