"trinkle" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

IPA: /ˈtɹɪŋkəl/ Forms: trinkles [present, singular, third-person], trinkling [participle, present], trinkled [participle, past], trinkled [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb}} trinkle (third-person singular simple present trinkles, present participle trinkling, simple past and past participle trinkled)
  1. (Scotland, rare) To trickle. Tags: Scotland, rare
    Sense id: en-trinkle-en-verb-al1lvPcr Categories (other): Scottish English
  2. (rare) To tinkle. Tags: rare
    Sense id: en-trinkle-en-verb-7620SIdD
  3. To play piano, as in "tinkle the ivories."
    Sense id: en-trinkle-en-verb-2jPjPb39 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 25 5 46 24 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 19 4 61 16
  4. (obsolete) To act secretly, or in an underhand way; to tamper. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-trinkle-en-verb-se5DCSkY

Inflected forms

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