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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Tinkershire \Tink"er*shire\, Tinkle \Tin"kle\, n. (Zool.)
     The common guillemot. [Prov. Eng.]
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  Tinkle \Tin"kle\, v. i. [Freq. of tink. See {Tink}, {Tingle}.]
     1. To make, or give forth, small, quick, sharp sounds, as a
        piece of metal does when struck; to clink.
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              As sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal. --1 Cor.
                                                    xiii. 1.
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              The sprightly horse
              Moves to the music of his tinkling bells. --Dodsley.
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     2. To hear, or resound with, a small, sharp sound.
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              And his ears tinkled, and the color fled. --Dryden.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Tinkle \Tin"kle\, n.
     A small, sharp, quick sound, as that made by striking metal.
     --Cowper.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  tinkle
       n : a light clear metallic sound as of a small bell [syn: {ting}]
       v : make or emit a high sound; "tinkling bells" [syn: {tink}, {clink},
            {chink}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  75 Moby Thesaurus words for "tinkle":
     babble, bump, change ringing, chat, chatter, chime, chiming, chink,
     clack, clang, clanging, clangor, clank, clanking, click, clink,
     clop, clump, clunk, crump, ding, ding-a-ling, dingdong, dinging,
     dingle, dong, donging, dull thud, flick, flump, gab, gong, jangle,
     jingle, jingle-jangle, jinglejangle, jingling, knell, knelling,
     pad, pat, patter, peal, peal ringing, pealing, pitapat,
     pitter-patter, plink, plump, plunk, pop, prattle, rap, rattle,
     ring, ring changes, ringing, sound, sound a knell, tap, thud,
     thump, tick, ting, ting-a-ling, tingle, tingling, tink, tinkling,
     tinnitus, tintinnabulate, toll, tolling, tunk, yak
  
  

















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