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Meaning of tinkling

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

tinkling

verb

Definitions

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

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

  2. To cause to tinkle.

  3. To indicate, signal, etc. by tinkling.

    Example: The butler tinkled dinner.

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

noun

Definitions

  1. A tinkle; a tinkling sound.

  2. The Greater Antillean Grackle, Quiscalus niger.

adjective

Definitions

  1. That tinkles.

    Example: "A tinkling piano in the next apartment, / Those stumbling words that told you what my heart meant, / A fairground's painted swings... / These foolish things remind me of you.

  2. That works as a tinker