clink

Meaning

Noun

1. The sound of metal on metal, or glass on glass.
2. Stress cracks produced in metal ingots as they cool after being cast.

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.
2. To rhyme.

Verb

To clinch; to rivet.

Synonyms

tinkle

jingle

ring

💍

chink

clang

clank

jail

rattle

jangle

sound

🔉

slammer

gaol

prison

chokey

chime

tink

jailhouse

ting

click

poky

pen

🖊️

peal

hoosegow

rustle

clatter

pokey

ding

crackle

craze

crazing

creak

echo

fissure

flaw

gash

gurgle

hard cash

hit

hock

hold

hurt

jug

knock

lockup

money

💸

nick

ping

prison cell

punish

quod

resonate

reverberate

ringing

slit

slosh

smite

stir

strike

strike down

swat

tapping

tear

thrash

toll

twang

vibrate

acropolis

make a hole

prison house

sudden stop

flat chisel

hoosgow

crack

tintinnabulate

sonar echo

bring about a crack

jingle-jangle

bagnio

jail house

bang

bastille

blare

brig

bump

buzz

calaboose

castle

🏰

cell

chateau

chatter

check

chisel

choky

clack

clacking

clap

👏

clash

cleft

clicking

clip

clobber

coin

🪙

cooler

coop

cracking

Pronounced as (IPA)

/klɪŋk/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: clinken

Inherited from Old English: *clincan

Cognate with Middle Dutch: klinken

Cognate with German: klingen

In summary

From Middle English clinken, from Old English *clincan (compare clynnan, clynian (“to sound; resound”)), from Proto-Germanic *klinganą (“to sound”). Cognates include Middle Dutch klinken and German klingen. Related to cling (sound) and clang. May be further related to call.
Perhaps of onomatopoeic origin, as metal against metal.