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tinkling

The correct spelling is tinkling.

How to pronounce tinkling

verb

Say it like: Tin-kli-ng

The correct spelling is tinkling. To make light metallic sounds, rather like a very small bell. For example: "The glasses tinkled together as they were placed on the table."

Usage Examples

“The glasses tinkled together as they were placed on the table.”

“The butler tinkled dinner.”

“"A tinkling piano in the next apartment, / Those stumbling words that told you what my heart meant, / A fairground's painted swings... / These foolish things remind me of you.”

Meanings

verb

  1. 1.To make light metallic sounds, rather like a very small bell.
  2. 2.To cause to tinkle.
  3. 3.To indicate, signal, etc. by tinkling.
  4. 4.To hear, or resound with, a small, sharp sound.
  5. 5.To urinate.

noun

  1. 1.A tinkle; a tinkling sound.
  2. 2.The Greater Antillean Grackle, Quiscalus niger.

adjective

  1. 1.That tinkles.
  2. 2.That works as a tinker

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