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Definition of Tinkling
1. Adjective. Like the short high ringing sound of a small bell. "Sounding brass and a tinkling cymbal"
Definition of Tinkling
1. n. A tinkle, or succession of tinkles.
Definition of Tinkling
1. Noun. A tinkle; a tinkling sound. ¹
2. Noun. The grackle. ¹
3. Adjective. One that tinkles. ¹
4. Verb. (present participle of tinkle) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Tinkling
1. the sound made by something that tinkles [n -S]
Medical Definition of Tinkling
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1. A tinkle, or succession of tinkles. "Drowsy tinklings lull the distant folds." (Gray)
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Tinkling
Literary usage of Tinkling
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Sketches of Virginia, Historical and Biographical by William Henry Foote (1855)
"tinkling SPRING. GOING down from the splendid prospect on Rockfish Gap, to the
edge of the "lake country," as the Sage of Monticello termed it, ..."
2. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1839)
"verses the latter by the entanglement of mucus. He thinks that the tinkling will
be more or less loud and distinct in proportion as the ..."
3. Holy Bible: Containing the Old and New Testament by John Brown (1818)
"... and all knowledge; and though I nave all faith, so that I could remove mountains,
and have not charity, I am nothing. a tinkling cymbal. ..."
4. The Complete Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott by Walter Scott (1900)
"Door-latch and tinkling staples ring ; — At length a whispering voice. ' Awake,
awake, arise, my love t How, Helen, dost thou fare ? ..."
5. The Western Journal of Medicine and Surgery edited by Lunsford Pitts Yandell, Theodore Stout Bell (1842)
"Laennec, too, had observed that, after the operation for empyema, in which the
puncture is made above the level of the fluid, metallic tinkling is ..."
6. The Principles and Practice of Medicine by John Elliotson, Thomas Stewardson (1844)
"Metallic tinkling.—By "metallic tinkling" is meant that sound which may be
perfectly imitated by gently striking a piece of metal, glass, or china, ..."
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