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trinkles

trinkles is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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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Proper noun capitalized: Trinkles

Trinkles

  1. (plural) plural of Trinkle

Questions about trinkles

What is trinkles the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Trinkles is the third-person singular simple present indicative of trinkle.
What part of speech is trinkles?
Trinkles is a proper noun.

Words near trinkles in the dictionary

  1. trinkilos
  2. trinkle
  3. trinkled
  4. trinklement
  5. trinklements
  6. trinkles
  7. trinklet
  8. trinklets
  9. trinkling
  10. trinkly
  11. trinks

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