Hypertext Webster Gateway: "clink"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Clink \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.'' --Kipling.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Clink \Clink\ (kl[i^][ng]k), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Clinked}
(kl[i^][ng]kt); p. pr. & vb. n. {Clinking}.] [OE. clinken;
akin to G. klingen, D. klinken, SW. klinga, Dan. klinge;
prob. of imitative origin. Cf. {Clank}, {Clench}, {Click}, v.
i.]
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Clink \Clink\ (kl[i^][ng]k), v. i.
1. To give out a slight, sharp, tinkling sound. ``The
clinking latch.'' --Tennyson.
2. To rhyme. [Humorous]. --Cowper.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Clink \Clink\, n.
A slight, sharp, tinkling sound, made by the collision of
sonorous bodies. ``Clink and fall of swords.'' --Shak.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
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, as of champagne glasses during a toast
2: make or emit a high tinkling sound [syn: {tinkle}, {tink}, {chink}]
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