| Tinkle 1. (n.) The common guillemot. 2. (v. i.) To make, or give forth, small, quick, sharp sounds, as a piece of metal does when struck; to clink. 3. (v. i.) To hear, or resound with, a small, sharp sound. 4. (v. t.) To cause to clonk, or make small, sharp, quick sounds. 5. (n.) A small, sharp, quick sound, as that made by striking metal. Thesaurus Entries babble, bump, change ringing, chat, chatter, chime, chiming, chink, clack, clang, clanging, clangor, clank, clanking, click, clink, clop, clump, clunk, crump, ding, ding-a-ling, dingdong, dinging, dingle, dong, donging, dull thud, flick, flump, gab, gong, jangle, jingle, jingle-jangle, jinglejangle, jingling, knell, knelling, pad, pat, patter, peal, peal ringing, pealing, pitapat, pitter-patter, plink, plump, plunk, pop, prattle, rap, rattle, ring, ring changes, ringing, sound, sound a knell, tap, thud, thump, tick, ting, ting-a-ling, tingle, tingling, tink, tinkling, tinnitus, tintinnabulate, toll, tolling, tunk, yak |