Tin·kle, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Tinkled p. pr. & vb. n. Tinkling.] To cause to clonk, or make small, sharp, quick sounds.
Tin·kling n.
1. A tinkle, or succession of tinkles.
Drowsy tinklings lull the distant folds. --Gray.
2. Zool. A grackle (Quiscalus crassirostris) native of Jamaica. It often associates with domestic cattle, and rids them of insects.
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tinkling
adj : like the short high ringing sound of a small bell; "sounding
brass and a tinkling cymbal" [syn: tinkly]