tinkling

Plural: tinklings

Verb

• make or emit a high sound
  • "tinkling bells"
• present participle and gerund of tinkle

Adjective Satellite

• like the short high ringing sound of a small bell
  • "sounding brass and a tinkling cymbal"

Noun

• The sound made by something that produces a slight, sharp metallic noise.
• A tinkle; a tinkling sound.
• The Greater Antillean Grackle, Quiscalus niger.
• The action of the verb to tinkle

Adj

• That tinkles.
• That works as a tinker

Examples

• The TINKLING of the letter tiles was the only sound in the quiet, intense Scrabble match.

Synonyms

chink, clink, tink, tinkle, tinkly

Anagrams of tinkling