clinks

/K L IH1 NG K S/

noun

1
The sound of metal on metal, or glass on glass.
“You could hear the clink of the glasses from the next room.”

verb

1
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.
“The hammers clinked on the stone all night.”
2
To rhyme.

noun

1
A prison.
“If he keeps doing things like that, he’s sure to end up in the clink.”
2
Stress cracks produced in metal ingots as they cool after being cast.

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