Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Nautical, a turn or kink in a rope.
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- noun nautical A turn or
kink in a rope. - verb rare, intransitive To
chink orjingle - verb transitive To
tinkle or cause to tinkle; produce a continued chinking sound
Etymologies
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Variation of kinkle.
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From chink + -le.
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Examples
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If you chime while you tinkle, are you "chinkling"? hmm .. excuse me I have to go chinkle.
At Swim, One Ambassador Sharon Bakar 2005
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"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 George Manville Fenn 1870
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