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Definition of tinkle noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

tinkle

noun
 
/ˈtɪŋkl/
 
/ˈtɪŋkl/
[usually singular]
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  1. (also tinkling
     
    /ˈtɪŋklɪŋ/
     
    /ˈtɪŋklɪŋ/
     [singular, uncountable]    )
     a light, high ringing sound
    • the tinkle of glass breaking
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • faint
    • gentle
    • little
    • …
    verb + tinkle
    • hear
    preposition
    • with a tinkle
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  2. (British English, old-fashioned, informal) a phone call
  3. (informal) an act of urinating
    • to have a tinkle
    4. Word Originlate Middle English (also in the sense ‘tingle’): frequentative of obsolete tink ‘to chink or clink’, of imitative origin.
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