A noise that clinks.

present participle of clink

plural of clinking

simple past tense and past participle of clink

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of clink

plural of clink

(transitive, Scotland) To clinch; to rivet.

(transitive, intransitive) 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. / (humorous, dated) To rhyme.

(onomatopoeia) The sound of metal on metal, or glass on glass.

(slang) A prison. / Stress cracks produced in metal ingots as they cool after being cast.