clinking

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noun

A noise that clinks.

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reverberant
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Meanings

verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of clink
nounclinking (plural clinkings)

plural clinkings

  1. A noise that clinks.

    A slight clinking behind me made me turn my head.

    1899 February, Joseph Conrad, “The Heart of Darkness”, in Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine, volume CLXV, number M, New York, N.Y.: The Leonard Scott Publishing Company, […], →OCLC, part I, page 205

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectivelike the light sharp ringing sound of glasses being tapped

Similar
reverberant
Also see
reverberant

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Spanish entrechocamiento
  • entrechocamientoTranslations
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APA

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MLA

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “clinking,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/clinking.

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