intr. & tr.v., clinked, clink·ing, clinks.

To make or cause to make a light, sharp ringing sound: clinked their wineglasses together in a toast.

n.

A light, sharp ringing sound, as of glass or metal.

[Middle English clinken, probably from Middle Dutch klinken, of imitative origin.]

clink² (klĭngk)
n. Slang.

A prison or a prison cell; a jail: spent the night in the clink.

[After Clink, a district of London famous for its prison.]

(Connectors are the weakest LINKS) The first devices to be checked when the network fails are the plugs and sockets. All networks should be constructed with CLINKS as the golden rule. Coined by American Business Telephones, Inc.

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noun

A place for the confinement of persons in lawful detention: brig, house of correction, jail, keep, penitentiary, prison. Informal lockup, pen. Slang big house, can, cooler, coop, hoosegow, joint, jug, pokey, slammer, stir. Chiefly Regional calaboose. See free/unfree.

1. A short pointed steel bar; used, by striking with a sledgehammer, to break up pavement or road surfaces.
2. One of many small cracks in steel due to differential expansion in heating.
3. A sealed edge between adjacent sheets of flexible-metal roofing material.

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Scot.  cash, money

IN BRIEF: n. - A correctional institution used to detain persons who are in the lawful custody of the government (either accused persons awaiting trial or convicted persons serving a sentence); A short light metallic sound.

Tutor's tip: They planned to "clink" (make a light ringing sound) their champagne glasses on the day the "clinic" (low-cost medical center) finally opened.

Dansk (Danish)
1.
n. - klirren
v. tr. - skåle med
v. intr. - klirre

2.
n. - [sl] spjældet

Nederlands (Dutch)
(laten) klinken, (laten) rijmen, gerinkel, nor

Français (French)
1.
n. - tintement
v. tr. - faire tinter, trinquer avec
v. intr. - tinter

2.
n. - taule, trou

Deutsch (German)
1.
n. - Geklirr, Klirren, Klimpern
v. - klirren, klimpern

2.
n. - Knast

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - καμπανίζω, κουδουνίζω, τσουγκρίζω (ποτήρια)
n. - κουδούνισμα, τσούγκρισμα, (Βρετ., καθομ.) κρατητήριο, φυλακή

Italiano (Italian)
tintinnare, sferragliare, gattabuia, tintinnio

Português (Portuguese)
v. - retinir
n. - tinido (m), prisão (f)

Русский (Russian)
звякнуть, задребезжать, звон, тюряга, тюрьма

Español (Spanish)
1.
n. - tintineo, tintín, sonido metálico
v. tr. - tintinear, chocar
v. intr. - tintinear, chocar

2.
n. - prisión, cárcel, calabozo

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - klirra
n. - klirr, finka (sl.)

中文（简体） (Chinese (Simplified))
1. 使作叮当声, 发出叮当声, 叮当声

2. 监狱, 牢房

中文（繁體） (Chinese (Traditional))
1.
v. tr. - 使作叮噹聲
v. intr. - 發出叮噹聲
n. - 叮噹聲

2.
n. - 監獄, 牢房

한국어 (Korean)
1.
n. - 딸랑 울리는 소리, 시의 운 , 날카로운 울음소리
v. tr. - 땡그랑 울리게 하다, 운을 맞추다
v. intr. - 땡그랑 울리다, 시의 운이 맞다, 듣기 좋게 울리다

2.
n. - 교도소

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - カチンと鳴る
n. - カチンという音

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يحدث صوتا بدق قدح بآخر, رن (الاسم) رنين, سجن‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮צלצל, הקיש‬
v. intr. - ‮צלצל‬
n. - ‮צלצול, נקישה‬
n. - ‮בית-סוהר‬

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