Definizione monolingua

clink

clink (third-person singular simple present clinks, present participle clinking, simple past and past participle clinked)

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.

   The hammers clinked on the stone all night.

clink (plural clinks)

1. (onomatopoeia) The sound of metal on metal, or glass on glass.

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

   • 1874, Marcus Clarke, For the Term of His Natural Life Chapter V

     When Frere had come down, an hour before, the prisoners were all snugly between their blankets. They were not so now; though, at the first clink of the bolts, they would be back again in their old positions, to all appearances sound asleep.

2. (slang) Jail or prison, after the Clink prison in Southwark, London. Used in the phrase in the clink.

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

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

Definizione dizionario clink

tintinnare

gattabuia

prigione

suonare

tintinnio

Altri significati:

(onomatopoeia) The sound of metal on metal, or glass on glass.

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.

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

(slang) Jail or prison, after '''the Clink''' prison in Southwark, London. Used in the phrase in the clink.