Synonyms for clink

Grammar : Noun

Spell : klingk

Phonetic Transcription : klɪŋk

Définition of clink

Origin : early 14c., echoic (cf. Dutch klinken, Old High German klingan, German klingen). Related: Clinked; clinking. The noun in the sound sense is from c.1400.

noun bang against, ring

Example sentences :

Fists often pounded on the bar, causing the glasses to clink.
Extract from : « L'Assommoir » by Emile Zola

Surely the clink of the iron shoe of a horse on a stone in the road!
Extract from : « Rodney, the Ranger » by John V. Lane

He heard them even before he had left his bunk—the clink, creak, creak!
Extract from : « Blazed Trail Stories » by Stewart Edward White

We find him living on the Bankside and in the Liberty of the Clink at least as early as 1577.
Extract from : « Shakespearean Playhouses » by Joseph Quincy Adams

The fact that he was for a time "committed to the Clink" failed to deter him.
Extract from : « Shakespearean Playhouses » by Joseph Quincy Adams

I'll give you a report that'll keep 'em from slammin' you in clink for bein' drunk.
Extract from : « Morale » by Murray Leinster

She had forgot, that, as fools think, The bell is ever sure to clink.
Extract from : « The Bon Gaultier Ballads » by William Edmonstoune Aytoun

Straightway there was silence; tongues ceased to wag, tankards to clink.
Extract from : « Bob, Son of Battle » by Alfred Ollivant

There followed a clink of glasses, and some of the wine was spilt.
Extract from : « Lorimer of the Northwest » by Harold Bindloss

Soon she heard the creak of the door, gliding steps, and the clink of spurs.
Extract from : « Peter the Priest » by Mr Jkai

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