tinkle

verb · nounA2

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Động từ

verb

V_es/s

tinkles

V_ing/Gerund

tinkling

V_ed/pp

tinkled

1.
(intransitive)To make light metallic sounds, rather like a very small bell.
The glasses tinkled together as they were placed on the table.
2.
(transitive)To cause to tinkle.
3.
(transitive)To indicate, signal, etc. by tinkling.
The butler tinkled dinner.
4.
To hear, or resound with, a small, sharp sound.
5.
(informal, intransitive)To urinate.

Danh từ

noun

Plural noun:

tinkles

1.
(countable, uncountable)A light metallic sound, resembling the tinkling of bells or wind chimes.
2.
(UK, countable, informal, uncountable)A telephone call.
Give me a tinkle when you arrive.
Đồng nghĩa: call, ring
3.
(countable, euphemistic, informal, uncountable)An act of urination.
4.
(countable, euphemistic, informal, uncountable)Urine.

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Nguồn gốc từ

From Middle English tinclen, equivalent to tink + -le. Cognate with tinkelje, tinkelen, tinkeln.