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clinks

clinks is the plural of clink.

clinks is the third-person singular simple present indicative of clink.

Meaning of clink

Noun (1)

clink (plural clinks)

  1. (onomatopoeic) The sound of metal on metal, or glass on glass.
    • You could hear the clink of the glasses from the next room.
  2. Stress cracks produced in metal ingots as they cool after being cast.

Noun (2)

clink (plural clinks)

  1. (dated, slang) A prison.
    • If he keeps doing things like that, he’s sure to end up in the clink.

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Proper noun capitalized: Clinks

Clinks

  1. (plural) plural of Clink

Questions about clinks

What is clinks the plural of?
Clinks is the plural of clink.
What part of speech is clinks?
Clinks is a proper noun.

Words near clinks in the dictionary

  1. clinking stuff
  2. Clinkingbeard
  3. clinkingly
  4. clinkings
  5. clinkity
  6. clinks
  7. Clinkscale
  8. Clinkscales
  9. clinkstone
  10. clinkstones
  11. clinkt

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Adapted from Wiktionary: clinks (page history and authors); Clinks (page history and authors); clink (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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