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CLINK

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Dictionary entry overview: What does clink mean?

• CLINK (noun)
The noun CLINK has 2 senses:

1. a short light metallic sound
2. a correctional institution used to detain persons who are in the lawful custody of the government (either accused persons awaiting trial or convicted persons serving a sentence)

Familiarity information: CLINK used as a noun is rare.

• CLINK (verb)
The verb CLINK has 2 senses:

1. make a high sound typical of glass
2. make or emit a high sound

Familiarity information: CLINK used as a verb is rare.

Dictionary entry details

• CLINK (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

A short light metallic sound

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Synonyms:

clink; click; chink

Hypernyms ("clink" is a kind of...):

sound (the sudden occurrence of an audible event)

Sense 2

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Meaning:

A correctional institution used to detain persons who are in the lawful custody of the government (either accused persons awaiting trial or convicted persons serving a sentence)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

gaol; jail; jailhouse; pokey; poky; clink; slammer

Hypernyms ("clink" is a kind of...):

correctional institution (a penal institution maintained by the government)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "clink"):

bastille (a jail or prison (especially one that is run in a tyrannical manner))

holding cell (a jail in a courthouse where accused persons can be confined during a trial)

hoosegow; hoosgow (slang for a jail)

house of correction ((formerly) a jail or other place of detention for persons convicted of minor offences)

lockup (jail in a local police station)

workhouse (a county jail that holds prisoners for periods up to 18 months)

• CLINK (verb)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Make a high sound typical of glass

Classified under:

Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling

Context example:

champagne glasses clinked to make a toast

Hypernyms (to "clink" is one way to...):

sound (cause to sound)

Cause:

chink; clink; tink; tinkle (make or emit a high sound)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sense 2

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Meaning:

Make or emit a high sound

Classified under:

Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling

Synonyms:

chink; tink; tinkle; clink

Context example:

tinkling bells

Hypernyms (to "clink" is one way to...):

go; sound (make a certain noise or sound)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s

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