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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.
    rare

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.”

CEFR level

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

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