tinkle

tinkle
    n 1: a light clear metallic sound as of a small bell [syn:
         {ting}, {tinkle}]
    v 1: make or emit a high sound; "tinkling bells" [syn: {tinkle},
         {tink}, {clink}, {chink}]
    

Tinkershire \Tink"er*shire\, Tinkle \Tin"kle\, n. (Zool.)
   The common guillemot. [Prov. Eng.]
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Tinkle \Tin"kle\, v. i. [Freq. of tink. See {Tink}, {Tingle}.]
   1. To make, or give forth, small, quick, sharp sounds, as a
      piece of metal does when struck; to clink.
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            As sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal. --1 Cor.
                                                  xiii. 1.
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            The sprightly horse
            Moves to the music of his tinkling bells. --Dodsley.
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   2. To hear, or resound with, a small, sharp sound.
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            And his ears tinkled, and the color fled. --Dryden.
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Tinkle \Tin"kle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Tinkled}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Tinkling}.]
   To cause to clonk, or make small, sharp, quick sounds.
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Tinkle \Tin"kle\, n.
   A small, sharp, quick sound, as that made by striking metal.
   --Cowper.
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75 Moby Thesaurus words for "tinkle":
      babble, bump, change ringing, chat, chatter, chime, chiming, chink,
      clack, clang, clanging, clangor, clank, clanking, click, clink,
      clop, clump, clunk, crump, ding, ding-a-ling, dingdong, dinging,
      dingle, dong, donging, dull thud, flick, flump, gab, gong, jangle,
      jingle, jingle-jangle, jinglejangle, jingling, knell, knelling,
      pad, pat, patter, peal, peal ringing, pealing, pitapat,
      pitter-patter, plink, plump, plunk, pop, prattle, rap, rattle,
      ring, ring changes, ringing, sound, sound a knell, tap, thud,
      thump, tick, ting, ting-a-ling, tingle, tingling, tink, tinkling,
      tinnitus, tintinnabulate, toll, tolling, tunk, yak