chinkle

English

Etymology 1

Variation of kinkle.

Noun

chinkle (plural chinkles)

1. (nautical) A turn or kink in a rope.

Etymology 2

From chink +‎ -le.

Verb

chinkle (third-person singular simple present chinkles, present participle chinkling, simple past and past participle chinkled)

1. (rare, intransitive) To chink or jingle.
2. (transitive) To tinkle or cause to tinkle; to produce a continued chinking sound with.

   He chinkled the coins in his pocket.

Noun

chinkle (plural chinkles)

1. (rare) A ringing sound of low volume.
   • 1937, Helen Simpson, Under Capricorn:

     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 fifty yards away, downstairs.

References

[1] (chinkling of rails), [2] (chinkle of reins), [3] (the fountain chinkles)