clink
verb/klɪŋk/
/klɪŋk/
[intransitive, transitive]Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they clink | /klɪŋk/ /klɪŋk/ |
| he / she / it clinks | /klɪŋks/ /klɪŋks/ |
| past simple clinked | /klɪŋkt/ /klɪŋkt/ |
| past participle clinked | /klɪŋkt/ /klɪŋkt/ |
| -ing form clinking | /ˈklɪŋkɪŋ/ /ˈklɪŋkɪŋ/ |
- to make or cause something to make a sharp ringing sound, like that of glasses being hit against each other synonym chink
- clinking coins
- The coins clinked into the slot in the machine.
- clink something They clinked glasses and drank to each other's health.
Oxford Collocations DictionaryClink is used with these nouns as the subject:- coin
- glass
- glass
Word Originverb Middle English (as a verb): probably from Middle Dutch klinken.Definitions on the go
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