Clink

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·vi To rhyme. [Humorous].

II. Clink ·vi To give out a slight, sharp, tinkling sound.

III. Clink ·noun A slight, sharp, tinkling sound, made by the collision of sonorous bodies.

IV. Clink ·add. ·noun A prison cell; a lockup;

— probably orig. the name of the noted prison in Southwark, England.

V. Clink ·vi To cause to give out a slight, sharp, tinkling, sound, as by striking metallic or other sonorous bodies together.

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