TINK'LE, verb intransitive 1. To make small quick sharp sounds, as by striking on metal; to clink. --And have not charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal. 1 Corinthians 13:1. Isaiah 3:16. The sprightly horse Moves to the music of his tinkling bells. The moment the money tinkles in the chest, the soul mounts out of purgatory. 2. To hear a small sharp sound. And his ears tinkled, and his color fled. TINK'LE, verb transitive To cause to clink or make sharp quick sounds.
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