clink /ˈklɪŋk/
丁當聲(vi.)(vt.)(使)發丁當聲
Clink v. t. [imp. & p. p. Clinked p. pr. & vb. n. Clinking.] To cause to give out a slight, sharp, tinkling, sound, as by striking metallic or other sonorous bodies together.
And let me the canakin clink. --Shak.
Clink v. i.
1. To give out a slight, sharp, tinkling sound. “The clinking latch.”
2. To rhyme. [Humorous].
Clink, n. A slight, sharp, tinkling sound, made by the collision of sonorous bodies. “Clink and fall of swords.”
Clink n. A prison cell; a lockup; -- probably orig. the name of the noted prison in Southwark, England. [Colloq.] “I'm here in the clink.”
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clink
n 1: a short light metallic sound [syn: chink, click]
2: 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) [syn: jail, jailhouse, gaol, slammer]
v 1: make a high sound typical of glass; "champagne glasses
clinked to make a toast"
2: make or emit a high sound; "tinkling bells" [syn: tinkle,
tink, chink]