trinkle

verb — 4 senses

trinkle

verb

/ˈtɹɪŋkəl/

1

Scotland, Rare To trickle.

2

Rare To tinkle.

3

To play piano, as in "tinkle the ivories."

4

Obsolete To act secretly, or in an underhand way; to tamper.

  • others of them have made it their business to trinkle with the members of parliament1672-1673, Andrew Marvell, The Rehearsal Transpos'd:

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