Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

tinkling

/tˈɪŋkəlɪŋ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.46 in modern English

Syllables: tin-kling
IPA: /tˈɪŋkəlɪŋ/

13

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

3

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A tinkle; a tinkling sound.

noun

The Greater Antillean Grackle, Quiscalus niger.

noun

The action of the verb to tinkle

adj

adj

That works as a tinker

Obsolete

verb

present participle and gerund of tinkle

Example Sentences

"The merry piano tinklings were gone."
"A tinkling piano in the next apartment, / Those stumbling words that told you what my heart meant, / A fairground's painted swings... / These foolish things remind me of you."
"American Christians, you may master the intricacies of the English language and you may possess the eloquence of articulate speech; but even though you speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not love, you are like sounding brass or a tinkling cymbal."

Usage

Obsolete

Inflected Forms

tinklings (plural)

Derived Forms

tinklingly

Synonyms

tinkly

Rhymes With

twinkling wrinkling

Questions

How do you pronounce tinkling?: The recorded pronunciation is /tˈɪŋkəlɪŋ/.
What does tinkling mean?: A tinkle; a tinkling sound.

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