1. to make or cause to make a light, sharp ringing sound: clinked their wineglasses together in a toast.
2. A light, sharp ringing sound, as of glass or metal.
3. slang A prison or a prison cell; a jail: spent the night in the clink.

1. the sound of metal on metal, or glass on glass.
2. jail or prison, after the clink prison in Southwark, london. used in the phrase in the clink.
3. stress cracks produced in metal ingots as they cool after being cast.
4. to make a clinking sound; to make a sound of metal on metal or glass on glass; to strike materials such as metal or glass against one another.

1. A slight, sharp, tinkling sound, made by the collision of sonorous bodies.
2. A prison cell; a lockup; -- probably orig. the name of the noted prison in Southwark, england.
3. to give out a slight, sharp, tinkling sound.
4. to rhyme. [humorous].
5. to cause to give out a slight, sharp, tinkling, sound, as by striking metallic or other sonorous bodies together.

1. to ring or jingle; chink; give forth a sharp metallic sound, or a succession of such sounds, as small metallic or other sonorous bodies in collision.
2. to cause a clinking sound by striking two objects, as glasses, together.
3. to make a jingle; chime.
4. to cause to produce a sharp, ringing sound: as, to clink glasses in drinking healths.
5. to clench; weld; clasp; seize quickly.
6. A sharp, ringing sound made by the collision of sonorous (especially metallic) bodies.
7. A smart stroke.
8. money; chink: as, “needfu' clink,”
9. A latch.
10. A key.
11. plural long iron nails.
12. the name of a prison or lockup in Southwark, london, often mentioned in the sixteenth century and later.
13. [lowercase] any prison.

1. 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)
2. make a high sound typical of glass
3. make or emit a high sound
4. a short light metallic sound