chinkle
A turn or kink in a rope.
Noun nautical, transport
- A turn or kink in a rope.
Origin
Variation of kinkle.
Forms
Noun rare
- A ringing sound of low volume.
- 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...
Origin
From chink + -le.
Forms
Verb
- To chink or jingle.
- To tinkle or cause to tinkle; to produce a continued chinking sound with.
- He chinkled the coins in his pocket.