Definitions for tinkle

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tinkle tin·kle

Spelling: [ting-kuh l]

IPA: /ˈtɪŋ kəl/

Tinkle is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 98 anagrams from letters in tinkle (eiklnt).

Definitions for tinkle

noun

1. a tinkling sound or tune.
2. an act or instance of tinkling.
3. Informal. a telephone call:

verb (used with object)

1. to cause to tinkle or jingle:
2. to make known, call attention to, attract, or summon by tinkling.

verb (used without object)

1. to give forth or make a succession of short, light, ringing sounds, as a small bell.
2. to run one's fingers lightly over a keyboard instrument or to play such an instrument simply or badly.
3. Baby Talk. to urinate.

Origin of tinkle

1350-1400; Middle English tynclen, frequentative of tinken to clink; imitative

Examples for tinkle

Gracie asked, running off the final notes in a tinkle of melody.

A tinkle of cutlery and a slight jingle of glasses were heard.

Joseph heard the tinkle of a falling blade, and assumed it to be Kenneth's.

I rang the bell and heard its tinkle far away within the dwelling.

Miss Junk appeared in answer to the tinkle of the bell and removed the food.

From the gallery overhead came the tinkle of a rota, a kind of guitar.

Presently I heard the tinkle of a bell from the box which he had unlocked.

There was a tinkle at my bell, and I left her to open the door.

Not until the fourth tinkle had been heard was there any other sound within the house.

I'm going straight for the point where the tinkle of the bell came from.