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"text": "The glasses tinkled together as they were placed on the table.",
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"ref": "1753, Robert Dodsley, Agriculture",
"text": "The sprightly horse / Moves to the music of his tinkling bells.",
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"To make light metallic sounds, rather like a very small bell."
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"(intransitive) To make light metallic sounds, rather like a very small bell."
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"sense": "to make light metallic sounds",
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"sense": "to make light metallic sounds",
"word": "tinter"
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"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to make light metallic sounds",
"word": "tinguelear"
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"sense": "to make light metallic sounds",
"word": "klingeln"
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"sense": "to make light metallic sounds",
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"sense": "to make light metallic sounds",
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"sense": "to make light metallic sounds",
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"sense": "to make light metallic sounds",
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"sense": "to make light metallic sounds",
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"To cause to tinkle."
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"(transitive) To cause to tinkle."
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"(transitive) To indicate, signal, etc. by tinkling."
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"To urinate."
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"(intransitive, informal) To urinate."
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"ref": "1966, James Workman, The Mad Emperor, Melbourne, Sydney: Scripts, page 97",
"text": "She laughed, her voice a tinkle in the silence of the circular chamber.",
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{
"ref": "1994, Stephen Fry, chapter 2, in The Hippopotamus",
"text": "At the very moment he cried out, David realised that what he had run into was only the Christmas tree. . . . There were no sounds of any movement upstairs: no shouts, no sleepy grumbles, only a gentle tinkle from the decorations as the tree had recovered from the collision.",
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"(UK, informal) A telephone call."
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"(informal, euphemistic) An act of urination."
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"To make light metallic sounds, rather like a very small bell."
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"(intransitive) To make light metallic sounds, rather like a very small bell."
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"To cause to tinkle."
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"(transitive) To cause to tinkle."
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"To hear, or resound with, a small, sharp sound."
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"glosses": [
"To urinate."
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"urinate",
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"(intransitive, informal) To urinate."
],
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"intransitive"
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}
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"US"
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},
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"sense": "urinate",
"word": "urinate"
}
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{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "zvǎntja",
"sense": "to make light metallic sounds",
"word": "звънтя"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to make light metallic sounds",
"word": "kilistä"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"english": "once",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to make light metallic sounds",
"word": "kilahtaa"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"english": "once every now and then",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to make light metallic sounds",
"word": "kilahdella"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to make light metallic sounds",
"word": "tinter"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to make light metallic sounds",
"word": "tinguelear"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to make light metallic sounds",
"word": "klingeln"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to make light metallic sounds",
"word": "klimpern"
},
{
"code": "izh",
"lang": "Ingrian",
"sense": "to make light metallic sounds",
"word": "kilissä"
},
{
"code": "izh",
"lang": "Ingrian",
"sense": "to make light metallic sounds",
"word": "trilissä"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to make light metallic sounds",
"word": "ngaehe"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to make light metallic sounds",
"word": "ngahehe"
},
{
"code": "nrf",
"lang": "Norman",
"sense": "to make light metallic sounds",
"word": "tînter"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to make light metallic sounds",
"word": "tinir"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "brenčátʹ",
"sense": "to make light metallic sounds",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "бренча́ть"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "zvenétʹ",
"sense": "to make light metallic sounds",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "звене́ть"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "drebezžátʹ",
"sense": "to make light metallic sounds",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "дребезжа́ть"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to cause to tinkle",
"word": "kilistää"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"english": "repeatedly",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to cause to tinkle",
"word": "kilistellä"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"english": "once",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to cause to tinkle",
"word": "kilauttaa"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"english": "once every now and then",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to cause to tinkle",
"word": "kilautella"
},
{
"code": "nrf",
"lang": "Norman",
"sense": "to cause to tinkle",
"word": "tînter"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "zvǎnja",
"sense": "to indicate by tinkling",
"word": "звъня"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to indicate by tinkling",
"word": "kilistää"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "drǎnča",
"sense": "to hear, or resound with, a small, sharp sound",
"word": "дрънча"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"note": "of ears",
"sense": "to hear, or resound with, a small, sharp sound",
"word": "soida"
}
],
"word": "tinkle"
}
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"English countable nouns",
"English entries with incorrect language header",
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"English nouns",
"English terms derived from Middle English",
"English terms inherited from Middle English",
"English terms suffixed with -le (verbal frequentative)",
"English terms with IPA pronunciation",
"English terms with audio links",
"English uncountable nouns",
"English verbs",
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"tags": [
"plural"
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}
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],
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"ref": "1966, James Workman, The Mad Emperor, Melbourne, Sydney: Scripts, page 97",
"text": "She laughed, her voice a tinkle in the silence of the circular chamber.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "1994, Stephen Fry, chapter 2, in The Hippopotamus",
"text": "At the very moment he cried out, David realised that what he had run into was only the Christmas tree. . . . There were no sounds of any movement upstairs: no shouts, no sleepy grumbles, only a gentle tinkle from the decorations as the tree had recovered from the collision.",
"type": "quotation"
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],
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"metallic"
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[
"wind chimes",
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{
"categories": [
"British English",
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"English terms with usage examples"
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{
"text": "Give me a tinkle when you arrive.",
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"glosses": [
"A telephone call."
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"links": [
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],
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"(UK, informal) A telephone call."
],
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"word": "call"
},
{
"word": "ring"
}
],
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"countable",
"informal",
"uncountable"
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"An act of urination."
],
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],
"raw_glosses": [
"(informal, euphemistic) An act of urination."
],
"tags": [
"countable",
"euphemistic",
"informal",
"uncountable"
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},
{
"categories": [
"English euphemisms",
"English informal terms"
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"glosses": [
"Urine."
],
"links": [
[
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"Urine"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(informal, euphemistic) Urine."
],
"tags": [
"countable",
"euphemistic",
"informal",
"uncountable"
]
}
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"tags": [
"US"
]
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},
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"tags": [
"Southern-England"
],
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}
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{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "zvǎntene",
"sense": "light metallic sound",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "звънтене"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "drǎnčene",
"sense": "light metallic sound",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "дрънчене"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "light metallic sound",
"word": "kilinä"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"english": "individual",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "light metallic sound",
"word": "kilahdus"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "light metallic sound",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "tintement"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "light metallic sound",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Klingeln"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "light metallic sound",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "tinido"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "zvjákanʹje",
"sense": "light metallic sound",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "звя́канье"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "zvon",
"sense": "light metallic sound",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "звон"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "light metallic sound",
"tags": [
"neuter",
"plural",
"singular"
],
"word": "pling"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "light metallic sound",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "tonc"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "telefonen zvǎn",
"sense": "informal: phone call",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "телефонен звън"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "informal: phone call",
"word": "kilautus"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "informal: phone call",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Telefonat"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "informal: phone call",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Anruf"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "informal: phone call",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "tonc"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"raw_tags": [
"of a child"
],
"sense": "euphemistic: act of urination",
"tags": [
"especially"
],
"word": "liri"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "euphemistic: act of urination",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Pipi"
}
],
"word": "tinkle"
}
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