| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Verb | 1. Of Clink.[Websters]
2. To have jailed, gaoled or cooped. [Eve - graph theoretic] 3. To be prisoned. [Eve - graph theoretic] 4. To be jugged, tinned or bottled. [Eve - graph theoretic] 5. To have tinged, jingled or tinkled. [Eve - graph theoretic] 6. To be celled or chambered. [Eve - graph theoretic] 7. To have sounded, pealed, chimed or clanged. [Eve - graph theoretic] 8. To have clicked or clanked. [Eve - graph theoretic] 9. To be hocked. [Eve - graph theoretic] 10. To have rustled or hummed.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Verb Past Tense | 1. Past tense conjugation of the verb clink.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Verb Base (clink) | 1. Make a high sound typical of glass; "champagne glasses clinked to make a toast".[Wordnet]. 2. Make or emit a high sound.[Wordnet]. 3. To cause to give out a slight, sharp, tinkling, sound, as by striking metallic or other sonorous bodies together.[Websters]. 4. To give out a slight, sharp, tinkling sound.[Websters]. 5. To rhyme. [Humorous].[Websters]. 6. Base verb from the following inflections: clinking, clinked, clinks, clinker, clinkers, clinkingly and clinkedly.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license. | Top | |
Date "CLINKED" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1812. (references) |
Specialty Definition: clink
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Metallurgy | A crack caused by uneven contraction or expansion during heating or cooling of steel. Source: European Union. (references) | ||
| Mining | One of the internal cracks formed in steel by differential expansion of surface and interior during heating. The tendency for clinks to occur increases with the hardness and mass of the metal, and with the rate of heating. (references) | ||
| Slang in 1811 | CLINK. A place in the Borough of Southwark, formerly privileged from arrests; and inhabited by lawless vagabonds of every denomination, called, from the place of their residence, clinkers. Also a gaol, from the clinking of the prisoners' chains or fetters. Source: 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue. | ||
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Common Expressions: clink
| Expressions | Definition | ||
| The Clink | The Clink was a notorious prison in Southwark which functioned from the 12th century until 1780. The prison was owned by the Bishop of Winchester and was situated next to his residence at Winchester Palace. (references) | ||
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Topics by Level of Interest: clink | ||||
| Topics sorted by level of Interest | Level (1=low, 600=high) | Topics sorted Alphabetically | Level (1=low, 600=high) | |
| Mike Clink | 10 | Clink Street | 3 | |
| The Clink | 7 | Liberty of the Clink | 4 | |
| Liberty of the Clink | 4 | Mike Clink | 10 | |
| Clink Street | 3 | The Clink | 7 | |
Source: the editor, created by/for EVE to gauge likely levels of human interest in linguistically triggered topics (compiled across various sources, such as Wikipedia and specialty expression glosses). | ||||
