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Definition of clink : 1. A prison cell; a lockup; - probably orig. the name of the noted prison in Southwark, England.
2. A slight, sharp, tinkling sound, made by the collision of sonorous bodies.
3. To cause to give out a slight, sharp, tinkling, sound, as by striking metallic or other sonorous bodies together.
4. To give out a slight, sharp, tinkling sound.
5. To rhyme. [ Humorous].

Synonyms:

jailhouse, big house, jingle, cooler, gaol, pokey, calaboose, suction stop, poky, keep, slammer, jail, mouse click, coop, lockup, pen, tink, can, check, tinkle, detent, hoosegow, free, house of correction, joint, noise, jug, chink, prison, penitentiary, pawl, click, brig, stir, dog

Usage examples:

• Alwa, his cousin, crossed one leg above the other with a clink of spurs and scabbard. - "Rung Ho!", Talbot Mundy.
• And through her sleep and dreams and wakeful moments she heard the quiet voices of the men who had no beds to go to; that monotonous sound and an occasional clink of glass and bottle neck or the rustling of shuffled cards. - "Six Feet Four", Jackson Gregory.
• 4. Clink, clink, clinkerty clink! - "McGuffey's Third Eclectic Reader", William Holmes McGuffey.