clink in English
- clink⇄clink (1), noun, verb.
- clink⇄clink (2), noun.
(Informal.) a prison or prison cell; lockup.
Ex. When the cops picked him up for vagrancy, [he] got ten days in the clink (Time). - clink⇄clink (3), transitive verb, intransitive verb.
(Dialect.) to clinch. - clink⇄noun a light, sharp, ringing sound like that of glasses hitting together.
Ex. He heard the clink of glass and the clatter of plates as the dishes were being washed. - clink⇄v.i. to make a clink.
- clink⇄v.t. to cause to clink.