Tinkling

tin·kle  (tngkl)

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.

n.

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

2. An act or instance of tinkling.

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

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tinkly adj.

Thesaurus

Adj.

1.

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"