chinkle
verbEtymology From chink + -le.
1
Rare To chink or jingle.
2
To tinkle or cause to tinkle; to produce a continued chinking sound with.
- He chinkled the coins in his pocket.
chinkle
noun/ˈt͡ʃɪŋkl̩/
Etymology Variation of kinkle.
chinkle
nounEtymology From chink + -le.
1
Rare A ringing sound of low volume.
- Adare rang the bell. So still was the night that now the sighing in the room had stopped and the birds had settled down again in their tree, he could hear the chinkle of the bell, tossing on its wire in the kitchen fifty yards away, downstairs.1937, Helen Simpson, Under Capricorn:
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