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Meanings of tink in English

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tintinabular

Make or emit a high sound.

tintinabular
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Examples for "tinkle"
Examples for "tinkle"
1
And her laugh was like the tinkle of hare-bells in the wind.
A Prisoner in Fairyland (The Book That 'Uncle Paul' Wrote)
2
The hunter follows and in the darkness brushes against shrubs which tinkle.
A Study in Tinguian Folk-Lore
3
Out in the darkness we hear the tinkle of a homemade guitar.
Little Journey to Puerto Rico / For Intermediate and Upper Grade...
4
Opening his hand, he let the pieces tinkle to the Spanish tiles.
When twilight comes
5
Through the leaves there came the faint far tinkle of the tea-bell.
The Dark Flower
1
The chink in his armour could be the 100m butterfly final today.
The Guardian
2
He lived to gather in the gold-heloved to hear it chink
Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 159, August 4th, 1920
3
Even Mr Knapp could find no chink in that masonry of words.
The secret river
4
And still the thing slipped up, from the chink under the mountain.
Prince Prigio / From "His Own Fairy Book"
5
We're looking for an entry point, a chink in the encrypted data.'
Quantico
1
In three months' time, I'm sentenced to twenty-two years in the clink.
The woman who died a lot
2
Paper cups don't actually clink, but it was the idea that counted.
The cardturner
3
The clatter of dishes was giving way to the clink of glasses.
Buttered Side Down: Stories
4
He heard it clink on the rocks several feet below his reach.
The Boy Scouts of the Geological Survey
5
At the clink of a teaspoon Mary added, 'No sugar for me.'
The comfort of strangers
Usage of tink in English
1
Here dey tink themselves better than white men; bery ignorant fellows, sar.
The Queen's Cup
2
I tink I can mine own vay, vidout you to be help.
Between Whiles
3
I ver' glad you tink so of Mercedes-itmake me mooch joy.
Beth Norvell: A Romance of the West
4
No, I tink I be safer if oder folks be here, too.
The Lost Hunter / A Tale of Early Times
5
I no tink, before, soltyer mean breek, but it ish no matter.
Hans Brinker; Or, The Silver Skates
6
I tink all day: Tank you, Meester Shelby, tank you, Meester Shelby.
The Henchman
7
Vat for you tink I vant you in on dis, you svine?
The Man from Brodney's
8
Me tink dat am be one ooman's arm what wag de paddil.
The Gorilla Hunters
9
You tink dot I import some actors venever I change der pill?
Beth Norvell: A Romance of the West
10
Me tell him, too, dat white man tink nothing ob Obi man.
The Queen's Cup
11
You tink, 'cause you been to college, you know better dan anybody.
Two Years Before the Mast
12
I tink somethin' ver' badly wrong an' I turn to zee woods.
A Mating in the Wilds
13
It is that you tink I must be made out of money!
Between Whiles
14
I tink only of zee happy years dat we weel haf togeder!
A Mating in the Wilds
15
A hiring fair in Clare or just the usual September tink-in and sing-song?
The Irish Times
16
When we tink all ober in the mountain we go back.
By Sheer Pluck: A Tale of the Ashanti War
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