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TINK

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does tink mean? 

TINK (verb)
  The verb TINK has 1 sense:

1. make or emit a high soundplay

  Familiarity information: TINK used as a verb is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


TINK (verb)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Make or emit a high sound

Classified under:

Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling

Synonyms:

chink; clink; tink; tinkle

Context example:

tinkling bells

Hypernyms (to "tink" is one way to...):

go; sound (make a certain noise or sound)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s


 Context examples 


Ah, mine Gott, you tink I talk of de cuisine.

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)



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