Hypertext Webster Gateway: "tinkling"
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)
Tinkling \Tin"kling\, n.
1. A tinkle, or succession of tinkles.
Drowsy tinklings lull the distant folds. --Gray.
2. (Zo["o]l.) A grackle ({Quiscalus crassirostris}) native of
Jamaica. It often associates with domestic cattle, and
rids them of insects.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
tinkling
adj : like the short high ringing sound of a small bell; "sounding
brass and a tinkling cymbal" [syn: {tinkly}]
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