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   tinkle

   /ˈtɪŋkl/

   verb

   • 1. make or cause to make a light, clear ringing sound: "cool water tinkled in the stone fountains" Similar ringjinglejanglechimepealdingpingclinkchinkrare:tintinnabulatesplashpurlbabbleburbleliterary:plash
   • 2. urinate: informal "I needed to tinkle"

   noun

   • 1. a light, clear ringing sound: "the distant tinkle of a cow bell" Similar ringchimepealdingpingclinkchinkjinglejanglerare:tintinnabulationsplashpurlbabbleburbleliterary:plash
   • ▪ a telephone call: informal British "I'll give them a tinkle" Similar telephone callphone callcallinformal:buzzringbell
   • 2. an act of urinating: informal "you have to pay to go in for a tinkle"

   Word Origin late Middle English (also in the sense ‘tingle’): frequentative of obsolete tink ‘to chink or clink’, of imitative origin.

   Derivatives

   • 1. tinkly adjective

   Scrabble Points: 10

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