verb, noun
verb to make or cause sth to make a sharp ringing sound, like that of glasses being hit against each other:
[V] clinking coins * [VN] They clinked glasses and drank to each other's health.
noun [sing.]
1 (also clinking) a sharp ringing sound like the sound made by glasses being hit against each other
2 (old-fashioned, slang) prison
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Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
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