Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

chinkle

/ˈt͡ʃɪŋkl̩/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: chin-kle
IPA: /ˈt͡ʃɪŋkl̩/

16

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A turn or kink in a rope.

verb

To chink or jingle.

Intransitive verb

verb

To tinkle or cause to tinkle; to produce a continued chinking sound with.

Transitive verb

noun

A ringing sound of low volume.

Example Sentences

"He chinkled the coins in his pocket."
"Adare rang the bell. So still was the night that now the sighing in the room had stopped and the birds had settled down again in their tree, he could hear the chinkle of the bell, tossing on its wire in the kitchen fifty yards away, downstairs."

Etymology

Variation of kinkle.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: chink

Usage

Inflected Forms

chinkles (plural) chinkles (present, singular) chinkling (participle, present) chinkled (participle, past) chinkled (past)

Rhymes With

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

Questions

How do you pronounce chinkle?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈt͡ʃɪŋkl̩/.
What does chinkle mean?: A turn or kink in a rope.
Where does chinkle come from?: Variation of kinkle.

How to pronounce chinkle

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