clink
noun/klɪŋk/
/klɪŋk/
[singular]- (also clinking)a sharp ringing sound like the sound made by glasses being hit against each other
- She heard the sound of voices and the clink of glasses.
- (old-fashioned, slang) prison
Word Originnoun sense 1 Middle English (as a verb): probably from Middle Dutch klinken. noun sense 2 early 16th cent. (originally denoting a prison in Southwark, London): of unknown origin.
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