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clink
Noun
  • The sound of metal on metal, or glass on glass. onomatopoeia
Verb
  • To make a clinking sound; to make a sound of metal on metal or glass on glass; to strike materials such as metal or glass against one another.
  • To rhyme. humorous, dated
Noun
  • Jail or prison, after the Clink prison in Southwark, London. Used in the phrase in the clink. slang
  • Stress cracks produced in metal ingots as they cool after being cast.