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Meaning of chinkle | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1
ˈt͡ʃɪŋkl̩

Definitions

  1. A turn or kink in a rope.
  2. A ringing sound of low volume.

Examples

“Adare rang the bell. So still was the night that now the sighing in the room had stopped and the birds had settled down again in their tree, he could hear the chinkle of the bell, tossing on its wire in the kitchen fifty yards away, downstairs.”

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This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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