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Date: 1300-1400
Origin: From the sound

clink

1 verb
     
Related topics: Colours and Sounds
clink1 [intransitive and transitive]
C if two glass or metal objects clink, or if you clink them, they make a short ringing sound when they are hit together:
Spoons clinked against the crockery.
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