spinking

Verb

spink (third-person singular simple present spinks, present participle spinking, simple past and past participle spinked)

1. (intransitive, uncommon, especially chaffinchs and blackbirds) To call or vocalize.
   • The Chaffinches ‘‘spinked” as though its presence was not required, but it seemed to be feeding on insects only.1907 September, O. V. Aplin, “Notes on the Ornithology of Oxfordshire, 1905–1906”, in The Zoologist, volume XI, number 795, page 323

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