Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

atinkle

/əˈtɪŋkəl/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: atin-kle
IPA: /əˈtɪŋkəl/

11

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Making a tinkling sound.

Example Sentences

"The mountain vale, arousing Ocean, sings, And all the air’s a-tinkle as with strings;"
"1894, Kenneth Grahame, “The Fairy Wicket” in Pagan Papers, London: Elkin Mathews and John Lane, p. 91, […] every copse and hedge-row seems a-tinkle with faint elfish laughter."
"O Love! were you the hooded hawk upon my hand that flutters, Its collar-band of gleaming bells atinkle as I ride,"
"Impossibles march gaily for Gay Pride, ashaming any spectator a marcher would yearn to be matey with, mincing atinkle with bangles and lavender marcel"
"Somewhere inside a full-mouthed bell tolled; its reverberations set the chandelier a-tinkle […]"

Etymology

From a- + tinkle.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: a

Inflected Forms

a-tinkle (alternative)

Rhymes With

sprinkle twinkle wrinkle winkle tinkle crinkle inkle kinkle atwinkle chinkle strinkle tincal

Questions

How do you pronounce atinkle?: The recorded pronunciation is /əˈtɪŋkəl/.
What does atinkle mean?: Making a tinkling sound.
Where does atinkle come from?: From a- + tinkle.

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