Meaning of Clink | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A surname.
2. The sound of metal on metal, or glass on glass.
   onomatopoeic
3. A prison.
   dated, slang
4. Stress cracks produced in metal ingots as they cool after being cast.

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Examples

“You could hear⟳ the clink of the glasses from the next room.”

“1874, Marcus Clarke, For the Term of His Natural Life Chapter V When Frere had come⟳ down, an hour before, the prisoners were all snugly between their blankets. They were not so now; though, at the first clink of the bolts, they would be back again in their old positions, to all appearances sound⟳ asleep.”

“If he keeps doing things like⟳ that, he’s sure to end⟳ up in the clink.”

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