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Definition of tinkle in English: tinkleverb ˈtɪŋk(ə)lˈtɪŋk(ə)l 1Make or cause to make a light, clear ringing sound. （使）发丁当声（或丁零声） no object cool water tinkled in the stone fountains 清凉的水在石头喷泉中潺潺流动。 with object the maid tinkled a bell 保姆当当当地打铃。 Example sentencesExamples - Fragments of glass tinkled to the stone floor in a deadly rain.
- Bill patted his fat pouch that tinkled with the sound of money.
- She tinkled the bell sitting on her desk, persistently, until the sound of rapid footsteps could be heard and a few harsh knocks on the door resulted in the maid's arrival.
- It's light and tinkling, like a brook to match her eyes.
- He took a great satisfaction in slamming the door so that the house shook, the vase on the landing windowsill rattled and the glass light shade tinkled gently.
- In the complete silence of the room, tiny tinkling sounds could be heard at the window.
- Up on the East Gate, under tinkling bells and rotund lanterns, men had come to sip tea, puff cigarettes and play draughts.
- I heard laughter like tiny tinkling bells beside me and I looked up.
- The hall fell suddenly and completely silent, except for the sound of the glass tinkling slightly and the wine dripping down the wall.
- She glanced up as the bell tinkled against the glass of the front door.
- It was the sound of glass, tinkling in such a mass it sounded like waves crashing on a beach.
- The men watched as she strode toward the church, swiped a bicycle leaning upon the building's side, and disappeared down Main Street, tinkling the bell for all to hear.
- My visit had coincided with the outrigger canoe-racing world championships and my ears were filled with the sound of manic, tinkling ukuleles.
- I go for a set of brass bells that tinkle, bringing home the sound of cows returning home at sundown.
- Her gold eyes glinted even in the dark, the black collar around her neck swinging an old nametag and a small tinkling bell.
- A little brass bell tinkled a welcome, and the door, closing, shut out the clamour of the street.
- Beggars sat here and there, calling out or tinkling a little bell to catch the compassion of the innocent.
- The cool air tinkled my face as I stepped out of Trent's car.
- Exclamations of joy coalesced into one voice, whose laughter tinkled oppressively through the clear, mountain air.
- Across the street, he heard sweet tinkling laughter.
Synonyms ring, jingle, jangle, chime, peal, ding, ping, clink, chink rare tintinnabulate splash, purl, babble, burble literary plash 2British informal no object Urinate. 〈非正式〉撒尿 Example sentencesExamples - And she didn't want the mother to hear her tinkle.
noun ˈtɪŋk(ə)lˈtɪŋk(ə)l 1A light, clear ringing sound. （使）发丁当声（或丁零声） the distant tinkle of a cow bell 远处牛铃的丁当声。 Example sentencesExamples - The silence is broken only by the tinkle of a distant cowbell.
- In its wake, past the wall, behind the cherry trees, I could hear the soft tinkle of wind chimes.
- A tinkle of glasses sounded as he began pouring drinks.
- Booms, clicks, tinkles and thumps make up most percussion music.
- It clattered to the floor with a hold tinkle and echoed into the silence.
- Somewhere in the distance, probably, sounds the tinkle of sheep bells and the lowing of cows.
- The first distant wolf howl does not drown the tinkle of the sleigh-bells or the laughter of the wedding guests.
- Can you imagine walking through a graveyard in the middle of the night and hearing the distant tinkle of a little bell?
- It certainly helps to be able to sit in the sun by a wide open window with only the sound of the birds and the occasional tinkle of a cat's bell to be heard.
- By the time the tinkle of the piano heralds the arrival of a tightly performed ‘Romeo And Juliet’, it is easy to discern why this man is regarded as a virtuoso with the lead guitar.
- You can almost feel the charge of linking synaptic bursts as the trio generates a veritable Japanese garden of tinkles, clicks, rolls, and splashes.
- There were no stars-only the tinkle of wind chimes, the rustle of windblown leaves.
- The doors fell out with a loud bang, and the tinkle of breaking glass.
- This time, it wasn't a quiet tinkle or a murmur - someone was roaring out Christmas carols.
- It clanged on the concrete and the bulb shattered with a tinkle.
- His eyes scanned the yard, but the only sound to be heard now was the gentle tinkle of the windchimes as the night-time breeze played with a few vagrant strands of his hair.
- A shattering tinkle echoes as the ice pieces cover the floor.
- The soft tinkles and jingles are heard with every step.
- The light tinkle of Inger's laughter seemed to fill the small room.
- Jane and Anne both made a move for the door, but Therese noticed this, and laughed, which sounded like the tinkle of tiny bells.
Synonyms ring, chime, peal, ding, ping, clink, chink, jingle, jangle rare tintinnabulation splash, purl, babble, burble literary plash - 1.1British informal A telephone call.
〈英，非正式〉一次电话 我给他们打个电话。 Example sentencesExamples - All it needs is a tinkle to the Central Reservation Office of AP Tourism and ask for customised tour and a tour hostess to help you finalise your tour according to the interest and time available.
- If there's anything in the company manual that doesn't leap out at you, feel free to give me a tinkle.
Synonyms telephone call, phone call, call informal buzz British informal ring, bell
2British informal An act of urinating. 〈非正式〉撒尿 you have to pay to go in for a tinkle Example sentencesExamples - I haven't eaten for fourteen hours and it hurts - I'm irritable and hungry: there's a strange taste in my mouth, and my frequent tinkles are as clear as Welsh mountain streams.
- The only reason the booth is ever empty is when the employees have to go for a tinkle, and they're supposed to lock the turnstile until they get back.
Derivativesadjectivetinklier, tinkliest ˈtɪŋk(ə)liˈtɪŋk(ə)li We should also mention that the gallery has set up some speakers in the gallery playing tinkly avant-garde piano music. Example sentencesExamples - It is a voice that veers from strident to enveloping warmth in a sentence, occasionally broken by cut-glass tinkly laughter.
- It has an often light orchestration, with lots of harp, tinkly percussion, and celesta and even harpsichord (which sounded, to my ears, a bit wrong for a late - 19 th-century American salon).
- You might think you had stepped back in time to some gruesome, medieval torture chamber - but for the soothing yellow-coloured walls and tinkly background music which create an ambience of calming relaxation.
- And the tinkly Christmas music playing in the background?
OriginLate Middle English (also in the sense 'tingle'): frequentative of obsolete tink 'to chink or clink', of imitative origin. Rhymesbesprinkle, crinkle, sprinkle, twinkle, winkle, wrinkle Definition of tinkle in US English: tinkleverbˈtiNGk(ə)lˈtɪŋk(ə)l 1Make or cause to make a light, clear ringing sound. （使）发丁当声（或丁零声） no object cool water tinkled in the stone fountains 清凉的水在石头喷泉中潺潺流动。 with object the maid tinkled a bell 保姆当当当地打铃。 Example sentencesExamples - Exclamations of joy coalesced into one voice, whose laughter tinkled oppressively through the clear, mountain air.
- I go for a set of brass bells that tinkle, bringing home the sound of cows returning home at sundown.
- It was the sound of glass, tinkling in such a mass it sounded like waves crashing on a beach.
- It's light and tinkling, like a brook to match her eyes.
- The men watched as she strode toward the church, swiped a bicycle leaning upon the building's side, and disappeared down Main Street, tinkling the bell for all to hear.
- Fragments of glass tinkled to the stone floor in a deadly rain.
- He took a great satisfaction in slamming the door so that the house shook, the vase on the landing windowsill rattled and the glass light shade tinkled gently.
- She tinkled the bell sitting on her desk, persistently, until the sound of rapid footsteps could be heard and a few harsh knocks on the door resulted in the maid's arrival.
- I heard laughter like tiny tinkling bells beside me and I looked up.
- In the complete silence of the room, tiny tinkling sounds could be heard at the window.
- Across the street, he heard sweet tinkling laughter.
- Beggars sat here and there, calling out or tinkling a little bell to catch the compassion of the innocent.
- Bill patted his fat pouch that tinkled with the sound of money.
- A little brass bell tinkled a welcome, and the door, closing, shut out the clamour of the street.
- The hall fell suddenly and completely silent, except for the sound of the glass tinkling slightly and the wine dripping down the wall.
- Her gold eyes glinted even in the dark, the black collar around her neck swinging an old nametag and a small tinkling bell.
- She glanced up as the bell tinkled against the glass of the front door.
- Up on the East Gate, under tinkling bells and rotund lanterns, men had come to sip tea, puff cigarettes and play draughts.
- My visit had coincided with the outrigger canoe-racing world championships and my ears were filled with the sound of manic, tinkling ukuleles.
- The cool air tinkled my face as I stepped out of Trent's car.
Synonyms ring, jingle, jangle, chime, peal, ding, ping, clink, chink splash, purl, babble, burble 2British informal no object Urinate. 〈非正式〉撒尿 Example sentencesExamples - And she didn't want the mother to hear her tinkle.
nounˈtiNGk(ə)lˈtɪŋk(ə)l 1A light, clear ringing sound. （使）发丁当声（或丁零声） the distant tinkle of a cowbell 远处牛铃的丁当声。 Example sentencesExamples - The doors fell out with a loud bang, and the tinkle of breaking glass.
- It certainly helps to be able to sit in the sun by a wide open window with only the sound of the birds and the occasional tinkle of a cat's bell to be heard.
- Booms, clicks, tinkles and thumps make up most percussion music.
- Can you imagine walking through a graveyard in the middle of the night and hearing the distant tinkle of a little bell?
- The first distant wolf howl does not drown the tinkle of the sleigh-bells or the laughter of the wedding guests.
- The light tinkle of Inger's laughter seemed to fill the small room.
- It clattered to the floor with a hold tinkle and echoed into the silence.
- The silence is broken only by the tinkle of a distant cowbell.
- By the time the tinkle of the piano heralds the arrival of a tightly performed ‘Romeo And Juliet’, it is easy to discern why this man is regarded as a virtuoso with the lead guitar.
- Jane and Anne both made a move for the door, but Therese noticed this, and laughed, which sounded like the tinkle of tiny bells.
- This time, it wasn't a quiet tinkle or a murmur - someone was roaring out Christmas carols.
- You can almost feel the charge of linking synaptic bursts as the trio generates a veritable Japanese garden of tinkles, clicks, rolls, and splashes.
- His eyes scanned the yard, but the only sound to be heard now was the gentle tinkle of the windchimes as the night-time breeze played with a few vagrant strands of his hair.
- Somewhere in the distance, probably, sounds the tinkle of sheep bells and the lowing of cows.
- There were no stars-only the tinkle of wind chimes, the rustle of windblown leaves.
- A shattering tinkle echoes as the ice pieces cover the floor.
- A tinkle of glasses sounded as he began pouring drinks.
- The soft tinkles and jingles are heard with every step.
- It clanged on the concrete and the bulb shattered with a tinkle.
- In its wake, past the wall, behind the cherry trees, I could hear the soft tinkle of wind chimes.
Synonyms ring, chime, peal, ding, ping, clink, chink, jingle, jangle splash, purl, babble, burble - 1.1British informal A telephone call.
〈英，非正式〉一次电话 我给他们打个电话。 Example sentencesExamples - All it needs is a tinkle to the Central Reservation Office of AP Tourism and ask for customised tour and a tour hostess to help you finalise your tour according to the interest and time available.
- If there's anything in the company manual that doesn't leap out at you, feel free to give me a tinkle.
Synonyms telephone call, phone call, call
2British informal An act of urinating. 〈非正式〉撒尿 Example sentencesExamples - I haven't eaten for fourteen hours and it hurts - I'm irritable and hungry: there's a strange taste in my mouth, and my frequent tinkles are as clear as Welsh mountain streams.
- The only reason the booth is ever empty is when the employees have to go for a tinkle, and they're supposed to lock the turnstile until they get back.
OriginLate Middle English (also in the sense ‘tingle’): frequentative of obsolete tink ‘to chink or clink’, of imitative origin. |