She held out the wine glass expecting someone to clink it.
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Clink
//klɪŋk//
Synonyms for "clink" (116 found)
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Related words (58)
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13 entriesTranslations
39 translations across 15 languages.
Bulgarian
1 entries- дрънча verb (make a clinking sound)
Catalan
3 entries- dring noun (sound)
- trinc noun (sound)
- dringar verb (make a clinking sound)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 叮当声 noun (sound)
- （使）叮当响 verb (make a clinking sound)
Czech
4 entries- cinknutí noun (sound)
- zacinkání noun (sound)
- zazvonění noun (sound)
- cinknout verb (make a clinking sound)
Finnish
1 entries- kilahtaa verb (make a clinking sound)
Greek
1 entries- τσουγκρίζω verb (make a clinking sound)
Hungarian
1 entries- peng verb (make a clinking sound)
Ido
2 entries- tinklo noun (sound)
- tinklar verb (make a clinking sound)
Ingrian
3 entries- kilinä noun (sound)
- kilissä verb (make a clinking sound)
- trilissä verb (make a clinking sound)
Italian
1 entries- tintinnio noun (sound)
Norman
1 entries- trîntchi verb (make a clinking sound)
Portuguese
2 entries- tinido noun (sound)
- tinir verb (make a clinking sound)
Russian
4 entries- звон noun (sound)
- бренча́ть verb (make a clinking sound)
- бря́цать verb (make a clinking sound)
- дребезжа́ть verb (make a clinking sound)
Spanish
2 entries- entrechocamiento noun (sound)
- entrechocar verb (make a clinking sound)
Swedish
4 entries- kling noun (sound)
- klirr noun (sound)
- klinga verb (make a clinking sound)
- klirra verb (make a clinking sound)
Sample sentences
10 total sentences available.
When the knees sway, it is the feet that clink.
Source: tatoeba (10155885)
The glasses clink against one another when we do "cheers."
Source: tatoeba (11536028)
Vladimir heard the metal hangers clink against each other.
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