clink
- Noun. (onomatopoeia) The sound of metal on metal, or glass on glass.
- Noun. (slang) Jail or prison, after ''the Clink'' prison in Southwark, London. Used in the phrase (term, in the clink) .
- Noun. 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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