tink
/ˈtɪŋk/
tink verb: to emit a high-pitched sharp or metallic noise.
Verb (1)
tink (third-person singular simple present tinks, present participle tinking, simple past and past participle tinked)
- To emit a high-pitched sharp or metallic noise.
- Jimmy heard the bells tink.
- Synonyms:
- tinkle
Noun (1)
tink (plural tinks)
- A sharp, quick sound; a tinkle.
Verb (2)
tink (third-person singular simple present tinks, present participle tinking, simple past and past participle tinked)
- To unknit.
- Stanley knitted when he should have purled and swore, tinking the knitting back to fix the flaw.2012, Amy Lane, A Knitter in His Natural Habitat, page 48
- If the stitch you need to fix is on the last or previous row, a bit of unknitting, or “tinking” as it is known by some knitters, is all that is needed to get back to the point where you can mend your mistake.2006, Heather Dixon, Not Your Mama's Knitting, page 89
Noun (2)
tink (plural tinks)
- A member of the travelling community. A gypsy.
- 'Most have white eyes, which ain't natural in any beast, tame or wild, and they are considered unlucky - the tinks calls 'em moonpies, and most will avoid settling on farms where they are kept.2000, David Brian Plummer, Merle: The Start of Dynasty, →ISBN, page 11
- Her family had a name that marked them out as tinks, only they weren't tinks anymore.2014, Alastair Macleod, The Traveller's Tale, →ISBN
tink meaning in Urdu
tink in Urdu
- گھنٹی کی ٹن ٹن, ٹن ٹنانا
Synonyms of tink
Forms of tink
| Verb | |
|---|---|
| third-person singular present | tinks |
| present participle | tinking |
| past participle | tinked |
| past | tinked |
| Noun | |
| plural | tinks |
Origin of tink
From Middle English tinken, possibly from Old English *tincian, equivalent to tin + -k. Compare Dutch tinken (“to tink, toll, strike the bells of a clock”), German Low German tinken (“to tink”). Compare also English ting.
knit spelled backwards.
Shortened from tinker.
Words that rhyme with tink
Questions about tink
- What does tink mean?
- Tink means to emit a high-pitched sharp or metallic noise.
- What is tink in Urdu?
- Tink in Urdu is گھنٹی کی ٹن ٹن, ٹن ٹنانا. See Tink meaning in Urdu.
- What part of speech is tink?
- Tink can be a verb or a noun.
- How do you pronounce tink?
- Tink is pronounced /ˈtɪŋk/.
- What is the past tense of tink?
- The past tense of tink is tinked.
Words near tink in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: tink (page history and authors); tink (Urdu Wiktionary) (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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