tin|kle

tin|kle
tin|kle «TIHNG kuhl», verb, -kled, -kling, noun.
–v.i.
1. to make short, light, ringing sounds: »

Little bells tinkle.

2. to move or flow with a tinkling sound.
–v.t.
1. to cause to tinkle.
2. a) to make known, call attention to, or express by tinkling: »

The little clock tinkled out the hours.

b) to summon or attract by tinkling.
–n.
a series of short, light, ringing sounds: »

the tinkle of sleigh bells.

╂[perhaps frequentative < Middle English tinken to ring, jingle; apparently ultimately imitative]

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