Tinkling

4 definitions found

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

  Tinkling \Tin"kling\, n.
     1. A tinkle, or succession of tinkles.
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              Drowsy tinklings lull the distant folds. --Gray.
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     2. (Zool.) A grackle ({Quiscalus crassirostris}) native of
        Jamaica. It often associates with domestic cattle, and
        rids them of insects.
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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 WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  tinkling
       adj : like the short high ringing sound of a small bell; "sounding
             brass and a tinkling cymbal" [syn: {tinkly}]

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

  40 Moby Thesaurus words for "tinkling":
     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