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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
clink
    n 1: a short light metallic sound [syn: chink, click,
         clink]
    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, clink, slammer, poky,
       pokey]
    v 1: make a high sound typical of glass; "champagne glasses
         clinked to make a toast"
    2: make or emit a high sound; "tinkling bells" [syn: tinkle,
       tink, clink, chink]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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.
   [1913 Webster]

         And let me the canakin clink.            --Shak.
   [1913 Webster]

3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Clink \Clink\ (kl[i^][ng]k), v. i.
   1. To give out a slight, sharp, tinkling sound. "The clinking
      latch." --Tennyson.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. To rhyme. [Humorous]. --Cowper.
      [1913 Webster]

4. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Clink \Clink\, n.
   A slight, sharp, tinkling sound, made by the collision of
   sonorous bodies. "Clink and fall of swords." --Shak.
   [1913 Webster]

5. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Clink \Clink\ (kl[i^][ng]k), 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.
   [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

Thesaurus Results for clink:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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