Definition of "clink"
- noun
The sound of metal on metal, or glass on glass.
Jail or prison, after the Clink prison in Southwark, London. Used in the phrase in the clink.
Stress cracks produced in metal ingots as they cool after being cast.
- verb
To make a clinking sound; to make a sound of metal on metal or glass on glass; to strike materials such as metal or glass against one another.
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