clink

Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary

I - noun

1. a short light metallic sound
• Syn:
chink, click
• Derivationally related forms:
click (for: click), chink (for: chink)
• Hypernyms:
sound
2. a correctional institution used to detain persons who are in the lawful custody of the government (either accused persons awaiting trial or convicted persons serving a sentence)
• Syn:
jail, jailhouse, gaol, slammer, poky, pokey
• Derivationally related forms:
gaol (for: gaol), jail (for: jail)
• Hypernyms:
correctional institution
• Hyponyms:
bastille, holding cell, hoosegow, hoosgow, house of correction,
lockup, workhouse

II - verb

1. make a high sound typical of glass (Freq. 1)
- champagne glasses clinked to make a toast
• Hypernyms:
sound
• Cause:
tinkle, tink, chink
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
2. make or emit a high sound
- tinkling bells
• Syn:
tinkle, tink, chink
• Derivationally related forms:
chink (for: chink), tinkle (for: tinkle)
• Hypernyms:
sound, go
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  jail, jailhouse, gaol, slammer, poky, pokey, chink, click, tinkle, tink