tinkle
12
4.4
- noun
- /ˈtɪŋkəl/
:
tintineo
- As she walked through the market, the tinkle of small bells announced her presence.
- tinkle of bells
- tinkle of glass
- faint tinkle
I don't know, it's more about the mouth down than the the whispers and the tinkle in the door because and all that stuff.
- I don't know, it's more about the mouth down than the the whispers and the tinkle in the door because and all that stuff.
Examples
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There was a tinkle of bells, and a pair of soft white rabbits appeared.
Fiction book (1998) -
Finally, she heard it: the almost-tinkle of a bell.
Fiction book (1998) -
There was the tinkle of broken plastic.
Fiction book (1995) -
A merry tinkle of laughter.
Fiction book (2000) -
From somewhere far away came the tiny tinkle of an ice-cream truck.
Fiction book (1994) -
We hear voices: a woman's laugh, the tinkle of crystal, piano music.
Fiction book (2002) -
"Again," Ana remarked bitterly to herself as she heard the tiny tinkle of the bell.
Fiction book (1996) -
A tinkle, like the sound of glasses being jiggled in a dishwasher tray, woke me.
Fiction book (1997) -
A tree, he’d go on, and the only sound would be the tinkle of silverware and ice cubes against glass.
Fiction book (2001) -
A narrow footbridge across a nineteenth-century canal tinkles with the gentle sound of bells to scare off bears.
Academic text (2011)
Synonyms
221
1.0
A clear ringing sound made by a struck metal object
133
1.0
A clear loud sound a bell or similar thing makes when hit
19
5.3
A short, light sound made when glass or metal hit each other
18
6.4
A short, sharp high sound like metal being struck
6
8.4
A light, clear ringing sound like a small bell or glass
1
8.6
A short high metal sound from a small hit
1
7.6
A light high ringing sound from a small bell
1
7.6
A short light ringing sound made by metal
A light ringing sound made by bells or wind chimes
Compounds
How Tinkling
Surface Forms
Etymology
Tinkle comes from the simple sound tink, which copies the light ring of a small bell. So a tinkle is a soft, clear metallic sound like tiny bells or glass.