'Tinkling' definitions:
Definition of 'tinkling'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Like the short high ringing sound of a small bell; "sounding brass and a tinkling cymbal" [syn: tinkling, tinkly]
Definition of 'Tinkling'
From: GCIDE
- Tinkle \Tin"kle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Tinkled; p. pr. & vb. n. Tinkling.] To cause to clonk, or make small, sharp, quick sounds. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Tinkling'
From: GCIDE
- Tinkling \Tin"kling\, n.
- 1. A tinkle, or succession of tinkles. [1913 Webster]
- Drowsy tinklings lull the distant folds. --Gray. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Zool.) A grackle (Quiscalus crassirostris) native of Jamaica. It often associates with domestic cattle, and rids them of insects. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'tinkling'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- change ringing,
- chime,
- chiming,
- chink,
- clang,
- clanging,
- clangor,
- clank,
- clanking,
- clink,
- ding,
- ding-a-ling,
- dingdong,
- dinging,
- dingle,
- donging,
- jangle,
- jingle,
- jingle-jangle,
- jingling,
- knell,
- knelling,
- peal,
- peal ringing,
- pealing,
- ring,
- ringing,
- sounding,
- ting,
- ting-a-ling,
- tingle,
- tingling,
- tink,
- tinkle,
- tinnitus,
- tintinnabular,
- tintinnabulary,
- tintinnabulous,
- toll,
- tolling