trinkle

See also: Trinkle

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɹɪŋkəl/

Verb

trinkle (third-person singular simple present trinkles, present participle trinkling, simple past and past participle trinkled)

1. (Scotland, rare) To trickle.
2. (rare) To tinkle.
3. To play piano, as in "tinkle the ivories."
4. (obsolete) To act secretly, or in an underhand way; to tamper.
   • 1672-1673, Andrew Marvell, The Rehearsal Transpos'd:

     others of them have made it their business to trinkle with the members of parliament

References

[1] (the tears trinkled down her cheeks), [2] (the tears trinkled down Trim's cheeks], [3] (my own heart's blood came trinkling down)

Anagrams

• Tinkler, tinkler