tink
/ˈtɪŋk/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.72 in modern English
8
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
To emit a high-pitched sharp or metallic noise.
Example Sentences
- "Jimmy heard the bells tink."
- "Stanley knitted when he should have purled and swore, tinking the knitting back to fix the flaw."
- "If the stitch you need to fix is on the last or previous row, a bit of unknitting, or “tinking” as it is known by some knitters, is all that is needed to get back to the point where you can mend your mistake."
- "'Most have white eyes, which ain't natural in any beast, tame or wild, and they are considered unlucky - the tinks calls 'em moonpies, and most will avoid settling on farms where they are kept."
- "Her family had a name that marked them out as tinks, only they weren't tinks anymore."
- "'Well, you should feel right at home,' Flannigan said. 'You love a bit of thieving, you and the rest of the fucken tinks you grew up with in the Emerald Toilet.'"
Etymology
From Middle English tinken, possibly from Old English *tincian, equivalent to tin + -k. Compare Dutch tinken (“to tink, toll, strike the bells of a clock”), German Low German tinken (“to tink”). Compare also English ting.
Origin
Word Breakdown
Usage
- Dated
- Slang
- Transitive verb
- British usage
- Offensive