'Clink' definitions:
Definition of 'clink'
(from WordNet)
noun
noun
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]
verb
Make a high sound typical of glass; "champagne glasses clinked to make a toast"
verb
Definition of 'Clink'
From: GCIDE
- 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]
Definition of 'Clink'
From: GCIDE
- Clink \Clink\, n. A slight, sharp, tinkling sound, made by the collision of sonorous bodies. "Clink and fall of swords." --Shak. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Clink'
From: GCIDE
- 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.]
Definition of 'Clink'
From: GCIDE
- 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]
Synonyms of 'clink'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- alliteration,
- assonance,
- blank verse,
- bump,
- calaboose,
- can,
- change ringing,
- chime,
- chiming,
- chink,
- chokey,
- clang,
- clanging,
- clangor,
- clank,
- clanking,
- click,
- clop,
- clump,
- clunk,
- consonance,
- cooler,
- coop,
- crambo,
- crump,
- ding,
- ding-a-ling,
- dingdong,
- dinging,
- dingle,
- dong,
- donging,
- double rhyme,
- dull thud,
- eye rhyme,
- flick,
- flump,
- gong,
- hoosegow,
- jangle,
- jingle,
- jingle-jangle,
- jinglejangle,
- jingling,
- jug,
- knell,
- knelling,
- lockup,
- near rhyme,
- pad,
- paronomasia,
- pat,
- patter,
- peal,
- peal ringing,
- pealing,
- pitapat,
- pitter-patter,
- plump,
- plunk,
- pokey,
- pop,
- pun,
- quod,
- rap,
- rhyme,
- rhyme royal,
- rhyme scheme,
- rhyming dictionary,
- ring,
- ring changes,
- ringing,
- single rhyme,
- slammer,
- slant rhyme,
- sound,
- sound a knell,
- stir,
- tail rhyme,
- tap,
- thud,
- thump,
- tick,
- ting,
- ting-a-ling,
- tingle,
- tingling,
- tink,
- tinkle,
- tinkling,
- tinnitus,
- tintinnabulate,
- toll,
- tolling,
- tunk,
- unrhymed poetry