CLINK
What does "CLINK" mean?
A short, light, ringing sound, as of glasses or metal touching.
Meanings
- A short, sharp ringing sound of glass or metal striking. We heard the clink of glasses from the next room.
- To make, or cause to make, a light ringing sound. They clinked their mugs together in a toast.
- Prison; jail. He spent two nights in the clink. informal
Did you know?
- Calling jail 'the clink' is not generic slang - it names a specific prison on Clink Street in Southwark, London, which gave the word its meaning before burning down in 1780.
Word origin
An English imitative (onomatopoeic) word from the 14th century, echoing the sound of small metal or glass objects striking; the slang sense 'prison' comes from the Clink, a notorious medieval jail in Southwark, London.
Remember it
CLINK is CLICK with an N - the metallic cousin that rings instead of taps.
A little poem
Two glasses meet, one bright clink in the dark-
the smallest bell that ever started a spark.
couplet
Wordplay
- I toasted to my freedom, and the glasses went clink. Funny - that's also where they sent the guy who couldn't pay the bar tab.
What it teaches
The smallest sounds - a clink, a yes - often mark the moments we remember longest.
Quick facts
What does CLINK mean?
A short, light, ringing sound, as of glasses or metal touching.
Is CLINK a valid word?
Yes — CLINK is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is CLINK?
CLINK has 5 letters and 1 syllable.
Where does CLINK come from?
An English imitative (onomatopoeic) word from the 14th century, echoing the sound of small metal or glass objects striking; the slang sense 'prison' comes from the Clink, a notorious medieval jail in Southwark, London.
What can CLINK teach us?
The smallest sounds - a clink, a yes - often mark the moments we remember longest.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.