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–verb (used with object), verb (used without object)

1.	to make or cause to make a light, sharp, ringing sound: The coins clinked together. He clinked the fork against a glass.

–noun

2.	a clinking sound.

3.	Metallurgy. a small crack in a steel ingot resulting from uneven expanding or contracting.

4.	a pointed steel bar for breaking up road surfaces.

5.	Archaic. a rhyme; jingle.

[Origin: 1275–1325; ME clinken, perh. < MD clinken to sound, ring, resound

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–noun Slang.

a prison; jail; lockup.

[Origin: 1505–15; after Clink, name of prison in Southwark, London, perh. < D klink door-latch

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clink¹ Audio Help   (klĭngk) Pronunciation Key
intr. & tr.v.   clinked, clink·ing, clinks
To make or cause to make a light, sharp ringing sound: clinked their wineglasses together in a toast.

n.   A light, sharp ringing sound, as of glass or metal.

[Middle English clinken, probably from Middle Dutch klinken, of imitative origin.]

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n. Slang
A prison or a prison cell; a jail: spent the night in the clink.

[After Clink, a district of London famous for its prison.]

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clink (v.)

c.1386, echoic.

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clink (n.)

"prison," 1770s, originally (1515) that on Clink Street in Southwark; probably influenced by clinch, clench.

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clink
noun
1.	a short light metallic sound [syn: chink]
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) [syn: jail]
verb
1.	make a high sound typical of glass; "champagne glasses clinked to make a toast"
2.	make or emit a high sound; "tinkling bells" [syn: tinkle]

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clink [kliŋk] noun

a ringing sound
Example: the clink of coins

Arabic:	رَنين، طَنين
Chinese (Simplified):	丁当声
Chinese (Traditional):	丁當聲
Czech:	cinkání
Danish:	klinken; klirren
Dutch:	gerinkel
Estonian:	kõlin
Finnish:	kilinä
French:	tintement
German:	das Klimpern
Greek:	κουδούνισμα
Hungarian:	csörgés
Icelandic:	hringl, glamur
Indonesian:	dentingan
Italian:	tintinnio

Japanese:	チリンと鳴る音
Korean:	딸랑 울리는 소리
Latvian:	šķindoņa
Lithuanian:	skambėjimas, dzingsėjimas
Norwegian:	klirr(ing), skrangling
Polish:	brzęk
Portuguese (Brazil):	tilintar
Portuguese (Portugal):	tinido
Romanian:	clinchet
Russian:	звон
Slovak:	cinknutie
Slovenian:	žvenket
Spanish:	tintineo
Swedish:	klirr, klingande, skrammel
Turkish:	şıngırtı

clink [kliŋk] verb

to (cause to) make such a sound
Example: They clinked their glasses together.

Arabic:	يَدُق كأْسا بِكَأْسٍ
Chinese (Simplified):	丁当作响
Chinese (Traditional):	丁當作響
Czech:	přiťuknout si; cinknout
Danish:	klinke med; klirre; skåle med
Dutch:	klinken
Estonian:	kõlistama
Finnish:	kilisyttää, kilistä
French:	faire tinter
German:	klirren lassen
Greek:	τσουγκρίζω, κουδουνίζω
Hungarian:	csörget
Icelandic:	hringla, glamra
Indonesian:	mendentingkan
Italian:	far tintinnare*

Japanese:	チリンと鳴らす
Korean:	딸랑 울리다
Latvian:	šķindēt
Lithuanian:	skambėti, dzingsėti, su(si)daužti
Norwegian:	klirre, skrangle; skåle
Polish:	brzęknąć, pobrzękiwać
Portuguese (Brazil):	tilintar
Portuguese (Portugal):	tinir
Romanian:	a ciocni (cu zgomot)
Russian:	звенеть; чокаться
Slovak:	štrngnúť, cinknúť
Slovenian:	žvenketati
Spanish:	tintinear
Swedish:	klirra, klinga, pingla, skramla
Turkish:	şıngırda(t)mak

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Clink

Click\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Clicked; p. pr. & vb. n. Clicking.] [Prob. an onomatopoetic word: cf. OF. cliquier. See Clack, and cf. Clink, Clique.] To make a slight, sharp noise (or a succession of such noises), as by gentle striking; to tick.

The varnished clock that clicked behind the door. --Goldsmith.

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Clink

Clinch\ (kl[i^]nch; 224), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Clinched; p. pr. & vb. n. Clinching.] [OE. clenchen, prop. causative of clink to cause to clink, to strike; cf. D. klinken to tinkle, rivet. See Clink.]

1. To hold firmly; to hold fast by grasping or embracing tightly. "Clinch the pointed spear." --Dryden.

2. To set closely together; to close tightly; as, to clinch the teeth or the first. --Swift.

3. To bend or turn over the point of (something that has been driven through an object), so that it will hold fast; as, to clinch a nail.

4. To make conclusive; to confirm; to establish; as, to clinch an argument. --South.

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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.

And let me the canakin clink. --Shak.

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Clink

Clink\ (kl[i^][ng]k), v. i. 1. To give out a slight, sharp, tinkling sound. "The clinking latch." --Tennyson.

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

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