Category:Tinkle

Tink"er*shire, tin"kle, n. (zoöl.)

Defn: the common guillemot. [prov. Eng.]

Tinkle Tin"kle, v. i. Etym: [freq. of tink. See tink, tingle.]

1. To make, or give forth, small, quick, sharp sounds, as a piece of Metal does when struck; to clink. As sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal. 1 cor. xiii. 1. The sprightly horse moves to the music of his tinkling bells. Dodsley.

2. To hear, or resound with, a small, sharp sound. And his ears tinkled, and the color fled. Dryden.

Tinkle Tin"kle, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Tinkled; p. pr. & vb. n. Tinkling.]

Defn: to cause to clonk, or make small, sharp, quick sounds.

Tinkle Tin"kle, n.

Defn: a small, sharp, quick sound, as that made by striking metal. Cowper.