1.
[syn: tinkling, tinkly]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Tinkle \Tin"kle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Tinkled; p. pr. & vb. n.
Tinkling.]
To cause to clonk, or make small, sharp, quick sounds.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Tinkling \Tin"kling\, n.
1. A tinkle, or succession of tinkles.
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Drowsy tinklings lull the distant folds. --Gray.
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2. (Zool.) A grackle (Quiscalus crassirostris) native of
Jamaica. It often associates with domestic cattle, and
rids them of insects.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
tinkling
adj 1: like the short high ringing sound of a small bell;
"sounding brass and a tinkling cymbal" [syn: tinkling,
tinkly]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
40 Moby Thesaurus words for "tinkling":
change ringing, chime, chiming, chink, clang, clanging, clangor,
clank, clanking, clink, ding, ding-a-ling, dingdong, dinging,
dingle, donging, jangle, jingle, jingle-jangle, jingling, knell,
knelling, peal, peal ringing, pealing, ring, ringing, sounding,
ting, ting-a-ling, tingle, tingling, tink, tinkle, tinnitus,
tintinnabular, tintinnabulary, tintinnabulous, toll, tolling