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The sound of metal on metal, or glass on glass.

Example: You could hear the clink of the glasses from the next room.

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.

Example: The hammers clinked on the stone all night.

To rhyme.

A prison.

Example: If he keeps doing things like that, he’s sure to end up in the clink.

Stress cracks produced in metal ingots as they cool after being cast.

To clinch; to rivet.