Clinked

Clinked
Clink Clink (kl[i^][ng]k), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Clinked} (kl[i^][ng]kt); p. pr. & vb. n. {Clinking}.] [OE. clinken; akin to G. klingen, D. klinken, SW. klinga, Dan. klinge; prob. of imitative origin. Cf. {Clank}, {Clench}, {Click}, v. i.] To cause to give out a slight, sharp, tinkling, sound, as by striking metallic or other sonorous bodies together. [1913 Webster]

And let me the canakin clink. --Shak. [1913 Webster]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.

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