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trinkled

trinkled is the simple past and past participle of trinkle.

Meaning of trinkle

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

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Questions about trinkled

What is trinkled the simple past and past participle of?
Trinkled is the simple past and past participle of trinkle.

Words near trinkled in the dictionary

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

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