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# clink

noun (a clink, clinks); verb (clink, clinks, clinked, clinking)

«clink» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A clink is a short, light ringing sound, like glasses touching or coins falling. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/clink/#m1)
2. To clink is to make that sound, or to touch glasses together. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/clink/#m2)
3. «The clink» is an old slang word for prison. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/clink/#m3)

### In the lessons

a word of the story; a sound of coins or glasses; in stories it helps the reader hear the scene: coins in a piggy bank, ice in a glass, keys; at parties people clink glasses to celebrate

### Examples

- The coins clink in the jar. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/clink/#x1)
- We heard 5 clinks. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/clink/#x2)
- The glasses clinked. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/clink/#x3)
- Each coin made a clink. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/clink/#x4)
- The ice clinked in her glass of lemonade. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/clink/#x5)
- Everyone clinked glasses to wish Grandad a happy birthday. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/clink/#x6)
- I heard the clink of keys at the door. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/clink/#x7)
- The thief ended up in the clink. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/clink/#x8)
- Donald held his peace, but after a while he heard the glasses clink, and Hudden singing away at the top of his voice. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/clink/#x9)

### Note

A story word; it carries no clue. Each clink may mark one coin, so clinks can be counted. A sound word: clink is light, clang is loud and heavy, clunk is dull.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «clink» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/clink/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«clink» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/clink.html) on Mova free.