tinkle

UK /ˈtɪŋkəl/ US /ˈtɪŋkəl/
verb 5noun 4name 1

Definitions

verb

1

To make light metallic sounds, rather like a very small bell.

The glasses tinkled together as they were placed on the table.

The sprightly horse / Moves to the music of his tinkling bells.

2

To cause to tinkle.

3

To indicate, signal, etc. by tinkling.

The butler tinkled dinner.

4

To hear, or resound with, a small, sharp sound.

And his ears tinkled, and the colour fled.

5

To urinate.

noun

1

A light metallic sound, resembling the tinkling of bells or wind chimes.

The Man's Wife heard the tinkle-tinkle of little stones and loose earth falling off the roadway, and the sliding roar of the man and horse going down.

She laughed, her voice a tinkle in the silence of the circular chamber.

2

A telephone call.

Give me a tinkle when you arrive.

3

An act of urination.

4

Urine.

name

1

A surname.

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