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tinkler

tinkler noun: a small bell.

Noun (1)

tinkler (plural tinklers)

  1. A small bell.
  2. (slang) The penis.
    • As his drawers came free, his tinkler leapt straight up. How different he was between the legs from Hindley, who had that darkness!1983, John Wheatcroft, Catherine, Her Book, page 44
    • Johnny felt a delicious surge of energy in his tinkler.2006, Andrea D'Allasandra, House of the Screaming Clowns, page 42

Noun (2)

tinkler (plural tinklers)

  1. (UK, dialectal) A tinker.
    • Sometimes a herd from the hills would pass by with sheep, sometimes a tinkler or a wandering merchant, and once in a long while the laird of Heriotside on his grey horse riding to Gledsmuir.1902, John Buchan, The Outgoing of the Tide

Proper noun capitalized: Tinkler

Tinkler (plural Tinklers)

  1. A surname.

Forms of tinkler

Noun
pluraltinklers
Proper noun
pluralTinklers

Origin of tinkler

From tinkle + -er.

Questions about tinkler

What does tinkler mean?
Tinkler means a small bell.
What part of speech is tinkler?
Tinkler can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of tinkler?
The plural of tinkler is tinklers.

Words near tinkler in the dictionary

  1. tinking
  2. tinkle
  3. tinkle the ivories
  4. tinkle-down
  5. tinkled
  6. tinkler
  7. tinklers
  8. tinkles
  9. tinklesome
  10. tinklier
  11. tinkliest

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