tinkles

Light ringing noises

Tinkles is the plural of tinkle—light, high-pitched ringing sounds like small bells or ice cubes in a glass: the tinkles of wind chimes on the porch.

As a verb form, it means makes such sounds: The fountain tinkles in the courtyard.

In childish or euphemistic speech, tinkles can mean urinates: She tinkles before bed.

bells

chime

Melodic bell sound

  • jingleBrief advertising melody
  • ringClosed curve shape
  • dingSmall surface imperfection

peal · clang · carillon · tintinnabulation · ding-dong · ting-a-ling · clink · ping · glockenspiel · triangle

glass

crystal

Ordered-atom solid

toast · clink · delicate · fragile · fine · shatter · highball · cocktail

piano

keys

Lock-operating instruments

light · soft · gentle · ivories · glissando · arpeggio · lullaby · celesta

liquid

drip

Liquid falling slowly

splash · fountain · rainfall · dew · rivulet · patter · sprinkle · cascade · waterfall · icicle

urinate

pee

Urinate, informally

toilet · bladder · trickle · relieve · restroom · loo · lavatory · childish · euphemism · piddle

Opposites
sound quality/volume

tinklesbooms

Rumbles or upswings

thunders · roars · crashes · clangs · blares

sound character/texture

tinklesthuds

Dull impact sounds

clanks · bangs · thumps · clatters · gongs

sound quality/timbre

tinklesbooms

Rumbles or upswings

thuds · clangs · clanks · drones · groans

Family

tinkle, tinkling, tinkled, tinkly, tinklings

Familiarity
Top 200,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G