Tinkle
['tɪŋk(ə)l] or ['tɪŋkl]
Definition
(n.) The common guillemot.
(v. i.) To make, or give forth, small, quick, sharp sounds, as a piece of metal does when struck; to clink.
(v. i.) To hear, or resound with, a small, sharp sound.
(v. t.) To cause to clonk, or make small, sharp, quick sounds.
(n.) A small, sharp, quick sound, as that made by striking metal.
Typed by Chloe
Synonyms and Synonymous
v. n. Jingle, clink, ring.
n. Tinkling.
Checked by Godiva
Definition
v.i. to make small sharp sounds: to clink: to jingle: to clink repeatedly or continuously.—v.t. to cause to make quick sharp sounds.—n. a sharp clinking sound.—ns. Tink′ler a small bell; Tink′ling a tinkling noise.
Typist: Ruth
Examples
- Crispin is born to sit down and tinkle a lute, you are born to handle a sword and lead an exciting career. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- There was a strange, loud whiz and a long, silvery tinkle of broken glass. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- What rhymes to tinkle? Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- At that moment the bell sent a long tinkle through the house. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- All at once, quick rang the bell--quick, but not loud--a cautious tinkle--a sort of warning metal whisper. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- If he said anything half so horrid, I do assure you I should tinkle my bell for Louis, and have him sent out of the house immediately. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- He hears bells tinkle on the wind. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Ere long a bell tinkled, and the curtain drew up. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- I walked at once to the door, and Mr. Fairlie resignedly tinkled his hand-bell. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Prince Turveydrop then tinkled the strings of his kit with his fingers, and the young ladies stood up to dance. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- A distant bell tinkled: immediately three ladies entered the room, each walked to a table and took her seat. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- Sometimes I rang at a bell; it tinkled through the vaulted rooms, and silence succeeded to the sound. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- Warned of a visitor by the tinkling bell at the shop-door, Mrs Plornish came out of Happy Cottage to see who it might be. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- I heard the dull tinkling of a piano at a distance, accompanied by the intermittent knocking of a hammer nearer at hand. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- There they were overtaken by the sledge, that came tinkling through the silence. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- The harp with which David stirred the dead soul of Saul was the prototype of the sweet clavichord, the romantic virginal, the tinkling harpsichord, and the grand piano. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
Typist: Xavier