Australian English Meaning of clink
clink
Other Australian English words related to clink
- jail
- Penitentiary
- prison
- Bastille
- big house
- bridewell
- brig
- cage
- Gaol
- cooler
- chicken coop
- Guardroom
- hock
- jail
- jailhouse
- joint
- jug
- lockup
- pen
- slow
- slam
- slammer
- stir
- stockade
- tollbooth
- block
- can
- Cell
- Concentration camp
- dungeon
- Glasshouse
- guardhouse
- Gulag
- hold
- hole
- keep
- Labour camp
- Nick
- oubliette
- Prison camp
- because
- reformatory
- Stalag
- Tank
- Ward
- Work camp
Nearest Words of clink
Definitions and Meaning of clink in English
clink (n)
a short light metallic sound
a correctional institution used to detain persons who are in the lawful custody of the government (either accused persons awaiting trial or convicted persons serving a sentence)
clink (v)
make a high sound typical of glass
make or emit a high sound
clink (v. i.)
To cause to give out a slight, sharp, tinkling, sound, as by striking metallic or other sonorous bodies together.
To give out a slight, sharp, tinkling sound.
To rhyme. [Humorous].
clink (n.)
A slight, sharp, tinkling sound, made by the collision of sonorous bodies.
A prison cell; a lockup; -- probably orig. the name of the noted prison in Southwark, England.
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clink
a short light metallic sound, a correctional institution used to detain persons who are in the lawful custody of the government (either accused persons awaiting
jail,Penitentiary,prison,Bastille,big house,bridewell,brig,cage,Gaol,cooler
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