Значения для термина "be a tinkling" отсутствуют.
1 There was a tinkling noise, and the bottle fell.
2 It was a tinkling little laugh, good to hear.
3 There 's a tinkling of massed goldfinches, wingbeats of song thrushes, pigeons crooning in the heat.
4 There was a tinkling sound from behind us.
5 I feel something rearranging itself under my skin, and there 's a tinkling sound in my head.
6 The wind shifted, the whole house creaked, there was a tinkling of ice chips flicking off the windows.
7 Overhead, there was a tinkling noise.
8 There was a tinkling sound.
9 When told by Miss Petrie that old Lord Peterborough was a tinkling cymbal she snapped angrily at her gifted countrywoman.
10 "I told you... " Her laughter was a tinkling sound like tiny bells.
11 There was a tinkling crash and Gabriel turned to see that von Glower, who was now standing, had broken his wine glass.
12 And there was a tinkling of glasses, just as if guests were there; champagne glasses of cut-crystal; but not a word was uttered.
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