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trinkle

/ˈtɹɪŋkəl/

trinkle verb: to trickle.

Verb

trinkle (third-person singular simple present trinkles, present participle trinkling, simple past and past participle trinkled)

  1. (Scotland, rare) To trickle.
  2. (rare) To tinkle.
  3. To play piano, as in "tinkle the ivories."
  4. (obsolete) To act secretly, or in an underhand way; to tamper.
    • others of them have made it their business to trinkle with the members of parliament1672-1673, Andrew Marvell, The Rehearsal Transpos'd

Proper noun capitalized: Trinkle

Trinkle (plural Trinkles)

  1. A surname.

Forms of trinkle

Verb
third-person singular presenttrinkles
present participletrinkling
past participletrinkled
pasttrinkled
Proper noun
pluralTrinkles

Questions about trinkle

What does trinkle mean?
Trinkle means to trickle.
What part of speech is trinkle?
Trinkle can be a verb or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce trinkle?
Trinkle is pronounced /ˈtɹɪŋkəl/.
What is the past tense of trinkle?
The past tense of trinkle is trinkled.

Words near trinkle in the dictionary

  1. trinketry
  2. trinkets
  3. trinkety
  4. trinkilo
  5. trinkilos
  6. trinkle
  7. trinkled
  8. trinklement
  9. trinklements
  10. trinkles
  11. trinklet

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