clink
/klɪŋk/ verb C2- To make a clinking sound; to make a sound of metal on metal or glass on glass; to strike materials such as metal or glass against one another. · The hammers clinked on the stone all night.
- To rhyme.
He/she/it clinks · Past clinked · Past participle clinked · -ing form clinking
Verb forms
- Base form
- clink
- He/she/it
- clinks
- Past
- clinked
- Past participle
- clinked
- -ing form
- clinking
From the library
The light flashed upon the barrel of a revolver, but Holmes’ hunting crop came down on the man’s wrist, and the pistol clinked upon the stone floor.
Far away came the sharp clink of a boot striking upon a stone.
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