tinkling

«tinkling» in Mova's school dictionary: Making light, clear, ringing sounds, like a small bell or… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

adjective (tinkling); noun (a tinkling); the -ing form of the verb tinkle (tinkle, tinkles, tinkled, tinkling)

meaning for a pupil

1) Making light, clear, ringing sounds, like a small bell or glass. tree →

2) (noun) such a sound. tree →

3) (informal, childish) Weeing (to tinkle). tree →

sense in the lessons

Descriptive writing: the tinkling of bells, a tinkling stream, tinkling laughter. Science: high, light sounds made by small vibrating objects. Music: a tinkling piano. At the end of Alice in Wonderland, Alice's sister dreams that the rattling teacups change to tinkling sheep-bells.

examples

• We heard the tinkling of a bell. tree →
• A tinkling stream ran through the wood. tree →
• Her tinkling laugh filled the room. tree →
• The ice was tinkling in the glasses. tree →
• The teacups changed to tinkling sheep-bells. tree →
• Wind chimes were tinkling in the breeze. tree →
• The little brook went tinkling over the stones. tree →

note

Onomatopoeia: the word sounds like what it means. Verb: tinkle. «Give someone a tinkle» (old UK, informal) = phone them.

Trees and pragmatics

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