Английский Этимологический словарь - tinkle
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~1 n C usually singular 1 a light ringing sound (She could hear the tinkle of coffee cups.) 2 give sb a tinkle BrE informal to call someone on the telephone (I'll give you a tinkle tomorrow.) 3 have a tinkle an expression meaning to urinate (=pass water from your body), used especially by or to children ~2 v to make light ringing sounds or to make something do this (a tinkling bell) ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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(tinkles, tinkling, tinkled) 1. If something tinkles, it makes a clear, high-pitched, ringing noise, especially as small parts of it strike a surface. A fresh cascade of splintered glass tinkled to the floor... We strolled past tinkling fountains and perfumed gardens. VERB: V prep/adv, V-ing, also V • Tinkle is also a noun. ...a tinkle of broken glass. N-COUNT: usu sing 2. If a bell tinkles or if you tinkle it, it makes a quiet ringing noise as you shake it. An old-fashioned bell tinkled as he pushed open the door... Miss Peel tinkled her desk bell and they all sat down again. VERB: V, V n • Tinkle is also a noun. ...the tinkle of goat bells. N-COUNT: usu sing ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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I. verb (~d; tinkling) Etymology: Middle English, frequentative of tinken to ~, of imitative origin Date: 15th century intransitive verb 1. to make or emit a ~ or a sound suggestive of a ~ 2. urinate transitive verb 1. to sound or make known (the time) by a ~ 2. a. to cause to make a ~ b. to produce by tinkling ~ a tune II. noun Date: 1725 1. a jingling effect in verse or prose 2. a series of short high ringing or clinking sounds ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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v. & n. --v. 1 intr. & tr. make or cause to make a succession of short light ringing sounds. 2 intr. colloq. urinate. --n. 1 a tinkling sound. 2 Brit. colloq. a telephone call (will give you a tinkle on Monday). 3 colloq. an act of urinating. Etymology: ME f. obs. tink to chink (imit.) ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. (тк. в ед. ч.) звон колокольчика; звяканье; звенящий звук the tinkle of falling glass —- звон падающего стекла the high tinkle of laughter —- звонкий (серебристый, заливчатый) смех 2. разг. телефонный звонок give me a tinkle —- звякните мне 3. звенеть; звякать a bell tinkled —- звенел колокольчик the dry snow tinkled beneath my feet —- под ногами поскрипывал сухой снежок 4. звонить; бренчать to tinkle on a guitar —- бренчать на гитаре 5. звонить; бить, пробить to tinkle a bell —- дать звонок the clock tinkled out nine —- часы пробили девять 6. редк. звенеть (в ушах) 7. дет. писать ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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1. noun звон колокольчика или металлических предметов друг о друга; звяканье 2. v. звенеть; звонить; звякать ...Англо-русский словарь
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