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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.
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Clink
is always a great word to know.
So is force diagrams. Does it mean:
| law saying if there is no external force acting on a system the total momentum remains constant |
| diagram showing all of forces acting on an object |
Origin:
1275–1325; Middle English clinken, perhaps < Middle Dutch clinken to sound, ring, resound
1275–1325; Middle English clinken, perhaps < Middle Dutch clinken to sound, ring, resound
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| clink2 (klɪŋk) | |
| —n | |
| a slang word for prison | |
| [C16: after Clink, name of a prison in Southwark, London] | |
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Slang Dictionary
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Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
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