clink

«clink» in Mova's school dictionary: a short, light ringing sound, like glasses touching or… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (a clink, clinks); verb (clink, clinks, clinked, clinking)

meaning for a pupil

1) A clink is a short, light ringing sound, like glasses touching or coins falling. tree →

2) To clink is to make that sound, or to touch glasses together. tree →

3) «The clink» is an old slang word for prison. tree →

sense in the lessons

a word of the story; a sound of coins or glasses; in stories it helps the reader hear the scene: coins in a piggy bank, ice in a glass, keys; at parties people clink glasses to celebrate

examples

• The coins clink in the jar. tree →
• We heard 5 clinks. tree →
• The glasses clinked. tree →
• Each coin made a clink. tree →
• The ice clinked in her glass of lemonade. tree →
• Everyone clinked glasses to wish Grandad a happy birthday. tree →
• I heard the clink of keys at the door. tree →
• The thief ended up in the clink. tree →
• Donald held his peace, but after a while he heard the glasses clink, and Hudden singing away at the top of his voice. tree →

note

A story word; it carries no clue. Each clink may mark one coin, so clinks can be counted. A sound word: clink is light, clang is loud and heavy, clunk is dull.

In the corpora

• At last, right above their heads, they hear cheering, stamping and glasses clinking — the weasels' party.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «clink» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.