tinkling

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

tinkling
    adj 1: like the short high ringing sound of a small bell;
           "sounding brass and a tinkling cymbal" [syn: {tinkling},
           {tinkly}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Tinkling \Tin"kling\, n.
   1. A tinkle, or succession of tinkles.
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            Drowsy tinklings lull the distant folds. --Gray.
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   2. (Zool.) A grackle ({Quiscalus crassirostris}) native of
      Jamaica. It often associates with domestic cattle, and
      rids them of insects.
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from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

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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from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

40 Moby Thesaurus words for "tinkling":
      change ringing, chime, chiming, chink, clang, clanging, clangor,
      clank, clanking, clink, ding, ding-a-ling, dingdong, dinging,
      dingle, donging, jangle, jingle, jingle-jangle, jingling, knell,
      knelling, peal, peal ringing, pealing, ring, ringing, sounding,
      ting, ting-a-ling, tingle, tingling, tink, tinkle, tinnitus,
      tintinnabular, tintinnabulary, tintinnabulous, toll, tolling

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