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Clink

To cause to give out a slight, sharp, tinkling, sound, as by striking metallic or other sonorous bodies together.

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Broader term 2

Go 76% connected

Gone.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

Sound 76% connected

The air bladder of a fish; as, cod sounds are an esteemed article of food.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Lockup 76% connected

A place where persons under arrest are temporarily locked up; a watchhouse.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Workhouse 76% connected

A house where any manufacture is carried on; a workshop.

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Tink 74% connected

To make a sharp, shrill noise; to tinkle.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Tink 74% connected

To make a sharp, shrill noise; to tinkle.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Chink 72% connected

A small cleft, rent, or fissure, of greater length than breadth; a gap or crack; as, the chinks of wall.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Tink 72% connected

To make a sharp, shrill noise; to tinkle.

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Tinkle 72% connected

The common guillemot.

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Synonym 8

Chink 92% connected

A small cleft, rent, or fissure, of greater length than breadth; a gap or crack; as, the chinks of wall.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Click 92% connected

To make a slight, sharp noise (or a succession of such noises), as by gentle striking; to tick.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Gaol 92% connected

A place of confinement, especially for minor offenses or provisional imprisonment; a jail.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Jail 92% connected

A kind of prison; a building for the confinement of persons held in lawful custody, especially for minor offenses or with reference to some future ju…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Pokey 92% connected

See Poky.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Poky 92% connected

Confined; cramped.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Tink 92% connected

To make a sharp, shrill noise; to tinkle.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Tinkle 92% connected

The common guillemot.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

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