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Definitions

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. n. Nautical, a turn or kink in a rope.

Wiktionary

  1. n. nautical A turn or kink in a rope.
  2. v. rare, intransitive To chink or jingle
  3. v. transitive To tinkle or cause to tinkle; produce a continued chinking sound

Etymologies

  1. Variation of kinkle. (Wiktionary)

Examples

  • “If you chime while you tinkle, are you "chinkling"? hmm .. excuse me I have to go chinkle.”

    At Swim, One Ambassador

  • “Chinkle chingle, chinkle chingle," rang out the scythe, as he held it over his shoulder, and sharpened it with his gritty rubber, and then again shave, shave, shave, over the velvet grass, till long rows of the little strands lay across the lawn.”

    Hollowdell Grange Holiday Hours in a Country Home

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