Dictionary Entry
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
- 1intransitive verb
To cause to give out a slight, sharp, tinkling, sound, as by striking metallic or other sonorous bodies together.
- 2intransitive verb
To give out a slight, sharp, tinkling sound.
- 3intransitive verb
To rhyme. [Humorous].
- 4noun
A slight, sharp, tinkling sound, made by the collision of sonorous bodies.
- 5noun
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)
- 6noun
a short light metallic sound
- 7verb
make or emit a high sound
"tinkling bells"
- 8verb
make a high sound typical of glass
"champagne glasses clinked to make a toast"
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