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Entry 4 senses · 3 variants Webster, 1913

Tinkle

/tĭng'-kəl/ · Tin·kle · IPA /ˈtɪŋkəl/
01 v. i. To make, or give forth, small, quick, sharp sounds, as a piece of metal does when struck; to clink.
  1. 1.
    To make, or give forth, small, quick, sharp sounds, as a piece of metal does when struck; to clink.
    “As sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal.” — 1 Cor. xiii. 1.
    “The sprightly horse Moves to the music of his tinkling bells.” — Dodsley.
  2. 2.
    To hear, or resound with, a small, sharp sound.
    “And his ears tinkled, and the color fled.” — Dryden.
02 v. t. To cause to clonk, or make small, sharp, quick sounds.
imp. & p. p. Tinkled; p. pr. & vb. n. Tinkling
  1. 1.
    To cause to clonk, or make small, sharp, quick sounds.
03 n. A small, sharp, quick sound, as that made by striking metal.
  1. 1.
    A small, sharp, quick sound, as that made by striking metal.