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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