Clink

English

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• Rhymes: -ɪŋk

Noun

Clink (plural Clinks)

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

Derived terms

• in the clink

Verb

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.

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