tinir — meaning in English

English meaning

• clink noun A short, sharp ringing sound, as of glass or metal striking together.
• tinkle verb To make a light, high-pitched ringing sound, like a small bell.

Senses

tinir is used for these senses in English:

• clink (ambitransitive) To make a clinking sound; to make a sound of metal on metal or glass on glass; to strike materials such as metal or glass against one another.
• tinkle (intransitive) To make light metallic sounds, rather like a very small bell.

clink — full definition

1. noun A short, sharp ringing sound, as of glass or metal striking together.
2. verb To make or cause a short ringing sound by striking metal or glass together.
3. noun Informal term for prison.

tinkle — full definition

1. verb To make a light, high-pitched ringing sound, like a small bell.
2. noun A light, high-pitched ringing sound.

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