"clink" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /klɪŋk/ Audio: en-us-clink.ogg [US] Forms: clinks [plural]
Rhymes: -ɪŋk Etymology: From Middle English clinken, from Old English clincan (compare clynnan, clynian (“to sound; resound”)), from Proto-Germanic *klinganą (“to sound”). Cognates include Middle Dutch klinken and German klingen. Related to cling (sound) and clang. May be further related to call. Perhaps of onomatopoeic origin, as metal against metal. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|clinken}} Middle English clinken, {{inh|en|ang|clincan}} Old English clincan, {{m|ang|clynnan}} clynnan, {{m|ang|clynian||to sound; resound}} clynian (“to sound; resound”), {{inh|en|gem-pro|*klinganą||to sound}} Proto-Germanic *klinganą (“to sound”), {{cog|dum|klinken}} Middle Dutch klinken, {{cog|de|klingen}} German klingen, {{doublet|en|cling#Etymology 2|clang|notext=1|pos1=sound}} cling (sound) and clang, {{m|en|call}} call Head templates: {{en-noun}} clink (plural clinks)
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: clink-clanks, crambo-clink
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /klɪŋk/ Audio: en-us-clink.ogg [US] Forms: clinks [plural]
Rhymes: -ɪŋk Etymology: From the Clink prison in Southwark, London, itself presumably named after sound of doors being bolted or chains rattling. Head templates: {{en-noun}} clink (plural clinks)
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Verb

IPA: /klɪŋk/ Audio: en-us-clink.ogg [US] Forms: clinks [present, singular, third-person], clinking [participle, present], clinked [participle, past], clinked [past]
Rhymes: -ɪŋk Etymology: From Middle English clinken, from Old English clincan (compare clynnan, clynian (“to sound; resound”)), from Proto-Germanic *klinganą (“to sound”). Cognates include Middle Dutch klinken and German klingen. Related to cling (sound) and clang. May be further related to call. Perhaps of onomatopoeic origin, as metal against metal. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|clinken}} Middle English clinken, {{inh|en|ang|clincan}} Old English clincan, {{m|ang|clynnan}} clynnan, {{m|ang|clynian||to sound; resound}} clynian (“to sound; resound”), {{inh|en|gem-pro|*klinganą||to sound}} Proto-Germanic *klinganą (“to sound”), {{cog|dum|klinken}} Middle Dutch klinken, {{cog|de|klingen}} German klingen, {{doublet|en|cling#Etymology 2|clang|notext=1|pos1=sound}} cling (sound) and clang, {{m|en|call}} call Head templates: {{en-verb}} clink (third-person singular simple present clinks, present participle clinking, simple past and past participle clinked)
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: clinking stuff
Etymology number: 1

Verb

IPA: /klɪŋk/ Audio: en-us-clink.ogg [US] Forms: clinks [present, singular, third-person], clinking [participle, present], clinked [participle, past], clinked [past]
Rhymes: -ɪŋk Head templates: {{en-verb}} clink (third-person singular simple present clinks, present participle clinking, simple past and past participle clinked)
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "text": "The hammers clinked on the stone all night.",
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          "ref": "2022, Ling Ma, “G”, in Bliss Montage, New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux",
          "text": "On the other side: the rich, beautiful tapestry of WASP culture that constituted Levis's life—friends playing horseshoes at backyard cocktail parties, where girls swanned in chaise longues, clinking their gin and tonics.",
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          "roman": "drǎnča",
          "sense": "make a clinking sound",
          "word": "дрънча"
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          "sense": "make a clinking sound",
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          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "make a clinking sound",
          "word": "(使)叮当响"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "tsougkrízo",
          "sense": "make a clinking sound",
          "word": "τσουγκρίζω"
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          "code": "io",
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          "sense": "make a clinking sound",
          "word": "tinklar"
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          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "izh",
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          "sense": "make a clinking sound",
          "word": "kilissä"
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          "sense": "make a clinking sound",
          "word": "trilissä"
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          "word": "trîntchi"
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          "_dis1": "98 2",
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          "sense": "make a clinking sound",
          "word": "tinir"
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          "roman": "brenčátʹ",
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          "word": "бренча́ть"
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          "roman": "zvučátʹ",
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          "word": "звуча́ть"
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          "roman": "zvjákatʹ",
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          "word": "звя́кать"
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          "_dis1": "98 2",
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          "roman": "brjácatʹ",
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          "roman": "zvenétʹ",
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          "roman": "drebezžátʹ",
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  "etymology_text": "From the Clink prison in Southwark, London, itself presumably named after sound of doors being bolted or chains rattling.",
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        {
          "text": "If he keeps doing things like that, he’s sure to end up in the clink."
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        "A prison."
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        "(dated, slang) A prison."
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        {
          "word": "klink"
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          "rivet"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, Scotland) To clinch; to rivet."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Scotland",
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/klɪŋk/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɪŋk"
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-clink.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/c/cc/En-us-clink.ogg/En-us-clink.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cc/En-us-clink.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
    }
  ],
  "word": "clink"
}

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