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tinkling
verb
noun
adjective
To make light metallic sounds, rather like a very small bell.
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verb
To make light metallic sounds, rather like a very small bell.
“The glasses tinkled together as they were placed on the table.”
To cause to tinkle.
To indicate, signal, etc. by tinkling.
“The butler tinkled dinner.”
To hear, or resound with, a small, sharp sound.
To urinate.
noun
A tinkle; a tinkling sound.
The Greater Antillean Grackle, Quiscalus niger.
adjective
That tinkles.
“"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.”
That works as a tinker
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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.