Reverse Dictionary: TINKLE

ADJECTIVES
► TINGLE-TANGLE adj. tinkling or ringing, as bells → 1653
► TINNIENT emitting a clear ringing or tinkling sound; ringing, resonant→ 1668 obs.
► TINTINNABULANT ringing or tinkling as a small bell; jingling → 1812

NOUNS
► SPRINKLE a light, tinkling sound → 1843
► TANKLE a ringing noise; a tinkling → 1894
► TANKLING a ringing noise; a tinkling → 1864
► TING a ringing sound, a tinkle; the sound of a small bell or of a clock striking → 1827 Sc.
► TINGLE-TANGLE a confused tinkling or ringing, as a number of bells → 1670
► TINK a representation of the abrupt sound made by striking resonant metal with something hard and light; a tinkle; the sound of a small bell → 1609
► TINKLE-TANKLE tinkling with alternation of sound → a1619
► TINNIMENT a ringing or tinkling, as metals do → 1656 obs.

VERBS
► DINGLE to tinkle; to strike so as to produce a sound, as a bell → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► TING to ring, to tinkle, to jingle; to give the sound of a small bell → 1905 Sc. (Bk.)
► TINK to emit a metallic sound with very short resonance, as is done by a cracked bell; to tinkle → 1382
► TINTINNABULATE to ring, to tinkle → 1906
► TINTINNATE to ring, as a bell; to tinkle → 1623 obs.