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atinkle

adj · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • /əˈtɪŋkəl/
  • rhymes with -ɪŋkəl

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adj

Meaning 1

Making a tinkling sound.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Examples

  • 1894, Kenneth Grahame, “The Fairy Wicket” in Pagan Papers, London: Elkin Mathews and John Lane, p. 91, [...] every copse and hedge-row seems a-tinkle with faint elfish laughter.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From a- + tinkle.