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chinkles

chinkles is the plural of chinkle.

chinkles is the third-person singular simple present indicative of chinkle.

Meaning of chinkle

Noun (1)

chinkle (plural chinkles)

  1. A turn or kink in a rope.

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

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Questions about chinkles

What is chinkles the plural of?
Chinkles is the plural of chinkle.

Words near chinkles in the dictionary

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

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