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tinkling

noun tinklings

  1. A tinkle; a tinkling sound. The merry piano tinklings were gone.
  2. Jamaica The Greater Antillean Grackle, Quiscalus niger.
  3. The action of the verb to tinkle

adjective

  1. not comparable That tinkles. A tinkling piano in the next apartment, / Those stumbling words that told you what my heart meant, / A fairground's painted swings... / These foolish things remind me of you.
  2. not comparable, obsolete That works as a tinker

verb

  1. gerund, participle, present present participle and gerund of tinkle

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noun a tinkling sound

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@misc{tinkling_2026,
  title = {tinkling},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/tinkling},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}