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Clink

Clink, v. t.

verbtransitive

v. t. [imp. & p. p. CLINKED (klĭŋkt); p. pr. & vb. n. CLINKING.] [O. H. Ger. klinkan, chlingan, N. H. Ger. klingen, D. klinken, Sw. klinga, O. Sw. klinka, Dan. klinge, klinke, allied to Lat. clangere.] To make a small, sharp sound, or a succession of such sounds, as by striking small metallic or other sonorous bodies together; to ring. “The clinking latch.” Tennyson.

The severed bars Submissive clink against your brazen portals. Prior.

Clĭnk, n.

noun

n. A sharp sound, made by the collision of small sonorous bodies. “Clink of swords.” Shak. ☞ Spenser speaks of “creeping close behind the wicket’s clink,” which Johnson understands as meaning a knocker, and Todd as meaning a key-hole. It is probably latch. See CLICK and CLINCH.