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chinkle

/ˈt͡ʃɪŋkl̩/

chinkle noun: a turn or kink in a rope.

Noun (1)

chinkle (plural chinkles)

  1. A turn or kink in a rope.

Verb

chinkle (third-person singular simple present chinkles, present participle chinkling, simple past and past participle chinkled)

  1. (intransitive, rare) To chink or jingle.
  2. (transitive) To tinkle or cause to tinkle; to produce a continued chinking sound with.
    • He chinkled the coins in his pocket.

Noun (2)

chinkle (plural chinkles)

  1. (rare) A ringing sound of low volume.
    • Adare rang the bell. So still was the night that now the sighing in the room had stopped and the birds had settled down again in their tree, he could hear the chinkle of the bell, tossing on its wire in the kitchen fifty yards away, downstairs.1937, Helen Simpson, Under Capricorn

Forms of chinkle

Noun
pluralchinkles
Verb
third-person singular presentchinkles
present participlechinkling
past participlechinkled
pastchinkled

Origin of chinkle

Variation of kinkle.

From chink + -le.

Words that rhyme with chinkle

5 more rhymesFewer rhymes

Questions about chinkle

What does chinkle mean?
Chinkle means a turn or kink in a rope.
What part of speech is chinkle?
Chinkle can be a noun or a verb.
How do you pronounce chinkle?
Chinkle is pronounced /ˈt͡ʃɪŋkl̩/.
What is the plural of chinkle?
The plural of chinkle is chinkles.

Words near chinkle in the dictionary

  1. chinkiness
  2. chinking
  3. chinking up
  4. chinkings
  5. chinkland
  6. chinkle
  7. chinkled
  8. chinkles
  9. chinkling
  10. chinks
  11. chinks in the armor

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