clink

clink is a 5-letter English word with 8 senses as intransitive verb, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To cause to give out a slight, sharp, tinkling, sound, as by striking metallic or other sonorous bodies together. Face value is 11 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

5 letters · Scrabble 11 · Words With Friends 14 · 8 senses

Definitions

1. intransitive verb. To cause to give out a slight, sharp, tinkling, sound, as by striking metallic or other sonorous bodies together.
2. intransitive verb. To give out a slight, sharp, tinkling sound.
3. intransitive verb. To rhyme. [Humorous].
4. noun. A slight, sharp, tinkling sound, made by the collision of sonorous bodies.
5. noun. a correctional institution used to detain persons who are in the lawful custody of the government (either accused persons awaiting trial or convicted persons serving a sentence)

   Synonyms: gaol, jail, jailhouse, pokey, poky, slammer

6. noun. a short light metallic sound

   Synonyms: chink, click

7. verb. make or emit a high sound

   "tinkling bells"

   Synonyms: chink, tink, tinkle

8. verb. make a high sound typical of glass

   "champagne glasses clinked to make a toast"

Synonyms

gaol, jail, jailhouse, pokey, poky, slammer, chink, click, tink, tinkle

Common word forms

clinks, clinked, clinker, clinking

Words from these letters

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