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tin·kle
(tĭng′kəl)v. tin·kled, tin·kling, tin·kles
v.intr.
1. To make light metallic sounds, as those of a small bell.
2. Informal To urinate.
v.tr.
1. To cause to tinkle.
2. To signal or call by tinkling.
n.
1. A light, clear metallic sound or a sound suggestive of it.
2. An act or instance of tinkling.
[Middle English tinklen, frequentative of tinken, to emit a brief metallic sound, perhaps of imitative origin.]
tin′kly adj.
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tinkle
(ˈtɪŋkəl)vb
1. to ring or cause to ring with a series of high tinny sounds, like a small bell
2. (tr) to announce or summon by such a ringing
3. (intr) informal Brit to urinate
n
4. a high clear ringing sound
5. the act of tinkling
6. (Telecommunications) informal Brit a telephone call
[C14: of imitative origin]
ˈtinkling adj, n
ˈtinkly adj
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tin•kle
(ˈtɪŋ kəl)v. -kled, -kling,
n. v.i.
1. to make light ringing sounds, as a small bell.
v.t. 2. to cause to tinkle.
3. to make known by tinkling: to tinkle the time.
n. 4. a tinkling sound.
5. an act or instance of tinkling.
6. a telephone call.
[1350–1400; Middle English tynclen, frequentative of tinken to clink; imitative]
tin′kly, adj. -kli•er, -kli•est.
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tinkle
Past participle: tinkled
Gerund: tinkling
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| Noun | 1. | tinkle - a light clear metallic sound as of a small bell sound - the sudden occurrence of an audible event; "the sound awakened them" |
| Verb | 1. | tinkle - make or emit a high sound; "tinkling bells" |
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tinkle
verb
noun
1. ring, chime, jingle, ping, ding, jangle, chink, peal, clink the icy tinkle of the bell as he entered
3. (Brit. informal) call, ring (Brit. informal), buzz (informal), bell (Brit. informal), phone call, telephone call I'll give you a tinkle around five.
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Translations
رَنينيَرِن، يَدُق
cinkatcinkot
klirreklirren
csilingel
klingja, láta hringja/klingjaklingjandi hljóî, hringl
skambtelėjimassužvangėtitilindžiavimas
šķindašķindētšķindinātšķindoņa
zacinkať
çıngırda makçıngırtıtıngırda mak
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tinkle
[ˈtɪŋkəl] vi → tinter
n (= phone call) to give sb a tinkle → passer un coup de fil à qntin mine n → mine f d'étain
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tinkle
vi
(inf: = to urinate) → pinkeln (inf)
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tinkle
(ˈtiŋkl) verb to (cause to) make a sound of, or like, the ringing of small bells. The doorbell tinkled.
noun this sound. I heard the tinkle of glass chimes.
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