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Definition clink

Etymology 1

From Middle English clinken, from Old English *clincan (compare clynnan, clynian (“to sound; resound”)), from Proto-Germanic *klingan? (“to sound”). Cognates include Middle Dutch klinken and German klingen. Doublet of call.

Perhaps of onomatopoeic origin, as metal against metal.

Noun

clink (plural clinks)

1. (onomatopoeia) The sound of metal on metal, or glass on glass.

Verb

clink (third-person singular simple present clinks, present participle clinking, simple past and past participle clinked)

1. (transitive, intransitive) To make a clinking sound; to make a sound of metal on metal or glass on glass; to strike materials such as metal or glass against one another.
2. (humorous, dated) To rhyme.

Etymology 2

From the Clink prison in Southwark, London, itself presumably named after sound of doors being bolted or chains rattling.

Noun

clink (plural clinks)

1. (slang) A prison.
2. Stress cracks produced in metal ingots as they cool after being cast.

Etymology 3

Verb

clink (third-person singular simple present clinches, present participle clinching, simple past and past participle clinched)

1. (transitive, Scotland) To clinch; to rivet.

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