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tinkling |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Tinkle \Tin"kle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Tinkled}; p. pr & vb n. {Tinkling}.] To cause to clonk, or make small sharp, quick sounds. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Tinkling \Tin"kling\, n. 1. A tinkle, or succession of tinkles. Drowsy tinklings lull the distant folds. --Gray. 2. (Zo["o]l.) A grackle ({Quiscalus crassirostris}) native of Jamaica. It often associates with domestic cattle, and rids them of insects. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: tinkling adj : like the short high ringing sound of a small bell; "sounding brass and a tinkling cymbal" [syn: {tinkly}]
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