Hypertext Webster Gateway: "tinkle"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Tinkle \Tin"kle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Tinkled}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Tinkling}.]
To cause to clonk, or make small, sharp, quick sounds.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Tinkle \Tin"kle\, n.
A small, sharp, quick sound, as that made by striking metal.
--Cowper.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Tinkershire \Tink"er*shire\, Tinkle \Tin"kle\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
The common guillemot. [Prov. Eng.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Tinkle \Tin"kle\, v. i. [Freq. of tink. See {Tink}, {Tingle}.]
1. To make, or give forth, small, quick, sharp sounds, as a
piece of metal does when struck; to clink.
As sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal. --1 Cor.
xiii. 1.
The sprightly horse Moves to the music of his
tinkling bells. --Dodsley.
2. To hear, or resound with, a small, sharp sound.
And his ears tinkled, and the color fled. --Dryden.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
tinkle
n : a light clear metallic sound as of a small bell [syn: {ting}]
v : make or emit a high tinkling sound [syn: {tink}, {clink}, {chink}]
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