Sekirov Dictionary

clink

/klɪŋk/

noun 3
verb 3
forms 5

noun3

•
The sound of metal on metal, or glass on glass.
- You could hear the clink of the glasses from the next room.
•
(slang, old-fashioned) A prison.
- If he keeps doing things like that, he’s sure to end up in the clink.
Stress cracks produced in metal ingots as they cool after being cast.

verb3

•
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.
(humorous, old-fashioned) To rhyme.
(Scotland) To clinch; to rivet.

forms

clinked · clinkt · clinking · clinketh · clinks

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