tink

== English == === Pronunciation === enPR: tĭngk, IPA(key): /tɪŋk/ Rhymes: -ɪŋk === Etymology 1 === From Middle English tinken, of imitative origin. Compare ting. ==== Verb ==== tink (third-person singular simple present tinks, present participle tinking, simple past and past participle tinked) To emit a high-pitched sharp or metallic noise. ===== Synonyms ===== tinkle ===== Related terms ===== tingle ===== References ===== [1] ==== Noun ==== tink (plural tinks) (dated) A sharp, quick sound; a tinkle. === Etymology 2 === knit spelled backwards. ==== Verb ==== tink (third-person singular simple present tinks, present participle tinking, simple past and past participle tinked) (knitting, slang, transitive) To unknit. === Etymology 3 === Shortened from tinker. ==== Noun ==== tink (plural tinks) (chiefly British and Ireland, offensive) A member of the travelling community. A gypsy. === Anagrams === knit == Antigua and Barbuda Creole English == === Verb === tink think == Livonian == === Etymology === From Proto-Finnic *tünkä. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈtink/, [ˈt̪iŋˑk] === Noun === tink stub, stump ==== Declension ==== === References === Tiit-Rein Viitso; Valts Ernštreits (2012–2013), “tink”, in Līvõkīel-ēstikīel-lețkīel sõnārōntõz [Livonian-Estonian-Latvian Dictionary]‎[2] (in Estonian and Latvian), Tartu, Rīga: Tartu Ülikool, Latviešu valodas aģentūra == Nigerian Pidgin == === Etymology === From English think. === Verb === tink to think