clink

Noun · Verb
Synonyms: chinkclickjailjailhousegaolslammerpokypokeytinkletink

WordNet 3.0

Noun (2)

  1. a short light metallic soundSynonyms: chinkclick
  2. a correctional institution used to detain persons who are in the lawful custody of the government (either accused persons awaiting trial or convicted persons serving a sentence)Synonyms: jailjailhousegaolslammerpokypokey

Verb (2)

  1. make a high sound typical of glass“champagne glasses clinked to make a toast”
  2. make or emit a high sound“tinkling bells”Synonyms: tinkletinkchink
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Clink \Clink\ (kl[i^][ng]k), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Clinked (kl[i^][ng]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. [1913 Webster]

And let me the canakin clink. --Shak. [1913 Webster]

Clink \Clink\ (kl[i^][ng]k), v. i.

1.To give out a slight, sharp, tinkling sound. "The clinking latch." --Tennyson. [1913 Webster]

2.To rhyme. [Humorous]. --Cowper. [1913 Webster]

Clink \Clink\, n. A slight, sharp, tinkling sound, made by the collision of sonorous bodies. "Clink and fall of swords." --Shak. [1913 Webster]
Clink \Clink\ (kl[i^][ng]k), 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. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
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