chinkle
Pronunciations
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/ˈt͡ʃɪŋkl̩/
Noun
A turn or kink in a rope.
Verb
To chink or jingle.
Usage- Intransitive
- Rare
To tinkle or cause to tinkle; to produce a continued chinking sound with.
Usage- Transitive
- Examples
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He chinkled the coins in his pocket.
Noun
A ringing sound of low volume.
Usage- Rare
- Examples
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More examples (1)
Adare rang the bell. So still was the night that now the sighing in the room had stopped and the birds had settled down again in their tree, he could hear the chinkle of the bell, tossing on its wire in the kitchen fifty yards away, downstairs.
Word forms
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