clinking

Verb (1)

clink (third-person singular simple present clinks, present participle clinking, simple past and past participle clinked)

1. (ambitransitive) To make a clinking sound; to make a sound of metal on metal or glass on glass; to strike materials such as metal or glass against one another.
   • The hammers clinked on the stone all night.
2. (dated, humorous) To rhyme.

Verb (2)

clink (third-person singular simple present clinks, present participle clinking, simple past and past participle clinked)

1. (Scotland, transitive) To clinch; to rivet.

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