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(klk), v. t.[imp. & p. p.Clinked (klkt); 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. And let me the canakin clink. Shak. Clink (klk), v. i. 1. To give out a slight, sharp, tinkling sound. "The clinking latch." Tennyson. 2. To rhyme. [Humorous]. Cowper. Clink n.A slight, sharp, tinkling sound, made by the collision of sonorous bodies. "Clink and fall of swords." Shak. Clink (), n.A prison cell; a lockup; -- probably orig. the name of the noted prison in Southwark, England. [Colloq.] "I'm here in the clink." Kipling. スポンサード リンク
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