clinks

Toasting glass sounds

Clinks is the plural of clink—short, sharp metallic sounds, like glasses touching in a toast or coins hitting each other: The clinks of champagne flutes filled the room.

As a verb form, clinks describes making such sounds: She clinks her spoon against the mug to get everyone's attention.

sound

glasses

Corrective eyewear or tumblers

  • toastHeated bread; glass-raising honor
  • champagneEffervescent celebratory wine
  • iceWater's solid form

coins · metal · chime · tinkle · ring · jingle · clatter · ping · ding · clank

jail

prison

Confinement for offenders

bars · incarceration · inmate · convict · detention · custody · sentence · penitentiary · correctional · warden

Opposites
sound quality

clinksthuds

Dull impact sounds

thumps · booms · crashes · bangs · clunks

sound intensity

clinkscrashes

Sudden violent impacts

smashes · bangs · booms · clangs · slams

Phrases
Family

clink, clinking, clinker, clinked, clinkers

Familiarity
Top 50,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G