tinkling

tin·kle (t

v. tin·kled, tin·kling, tin·kles

v.intr.

1. To make light metallic sounds, as those of a small bell.

2. Informal To urinate.

v.tr.

1. To cause to tinkle.

2. To signal or call by tinkling.

1. A light, clear metallic sound or a sound suggestive of it.

2. An act or instance of tinkling.

[Middle English tinklen, frequentative of tinken, to emit a brief metallic sound, perhaps of imitative origin.]

tinkly adj.

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Adj.

tinkling - like the short high ringing sound of a small bell; "sounding brass and a tinkling cymbal"

tinkly

reverberant - having a tendency to reverberate or be repeatedly reflected; "a reverberant room"; "the reverberant booms of cannon"

Translations

tinkling [ˈtɪŋklɪŋ]

A. ADJ → que hace tilín
a tinkling sound → un tilín
a tinkling stream → un arroyo cantarín

B. N → tintineo m, tilín m

tinkling

n (of bells etc) → Klingen nt, → Bimmeln nt (inf); (of piano) → Klimpern nt; (of broken glass, ice cubes) → Klirren nt

adj bells → klingend, bimmelnd (inf); piano → klimpernd; broken glass, ice cubes → klirrend

tinkling [ˈtɪŋklɪŋ]

1. adj (sound) → tintinnante, argentino/a

2. n → tintinnio

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Among the many plans suggested, the one that found most favor was the proposal to tie a bell to the neck of the Cat, so that the Mice, being warned by the sound of the tinkling, might run away and hide themselves in their holes at his approach.

Fables by Aesop View in context

Too expensive and jolly, again thought I, pausing one moment to watch the broad glare in the street, and hear the sounds of the tinkling glasses within.

Moby Dick I-LXVII by Melville, Herman View in context

He ceased; and there arose from the little buzzing creature a tiny, low, monotonous, but distinct tinkling, as from one of your Spaceland phonographs, from which I caught these words, "Infinite beatitude of existence

Flatland by Abbott, Edwin View in context

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