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1. Make a high sound typical of glass
   "champagne glasses clinked to make a toast"
    
2. Make or emit a high sound
   "clinking bells"
   - tinkle, tink, chink

1. A short light metallic sound
   - chink, click
    
2. A correctional institution used to detain persons who are in the lawful custody of the government (either accused persons awaiting trial or convicted persons serving a sentence)
   - jail, jailhouse, gaol [Brit], slammer, poky, pokey, prison, calaboose [Austral]

Derived forms: clinked, clinks, clinking

Type of: correctional institution, go, sound

Encyclopedia: Clink