Clink \Clink\ (kl[i^][ng]k), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Clinked}
   (kl[i^][ng]kt); p. pr. & vb. n. {Clinking}.] [OE. clinken;
   akin to G. klingen, D. klinken, SW. klinga, Dan. klinge;
   prob. of imitative origin. Cf. {Clank}, {Clench}, {Click}, v.
   i.]
   To cause to give out a slight, sharp, tinkling, sound, as by
   striking metallic or other sonorous bodies together.
   
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         And let me the canakin clink.            --Shak.
   
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Clink \Clink\ (kl[i^][ng]k), v. i.
   1. To give out a slight, sharp, tinkling sound. "The clinking
      latch." --Tennyson.
      
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   2. To rhyme. [Humorous]. --Cowper.
      
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Clink \Clink\, n.
   A slight, sharp, tinkling sound, made by the collision of
   sonorous bodies. "Clink and fall of swords." --Shak.
   
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Clink \Clink\ (kl[i^][ng]k), n.
   A prison cell; a lockup; -- probably orig. the name of the
   noted prison in Southwark, England. [Colloq.] "I'm here in
   the clink." --Kipling.
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