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# tinkling

«tinkling» in Mova's school dictionary: **Making light, clear, ringing sounds, like a small bell or…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective (tinkling); noun (a tinkling); the -ing form of the verb tinkle (tinkle, tinkles, tinkled, tinkling)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Making light, clear, ringing sounds, like a small bell or glass. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tinkling/#m1)

2) (noun) such a sound. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tinkling/#m2)

3) (informal, childish) Weeing (to tinkle). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tinkling/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

Descriptive writing: the tinkling of bells, a tinkling stream, tinkling laughter. Science: high, light sounds made by small vibrating objects. Music: a tinkling piano. At the end of Alice in Wonderland, Alice's sister dreams that the rattling teacups change to tinkling sheep-bells.

### examples

- We heard the tinkling of a bell. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tinkling/#x1)
- A tinkling stream ran through the wood. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tinkling/#x2)
- Her tinkling laugh filled the room. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tinkling/#x3)
- The ice was tinkling in the glasses. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tinkling/#x4)
- The teacups changed to tinkling sheep-bells. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tinkling/#x5)
- Wind chimes were tinkling in the breeze. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tinkling/#x6)
- The little brook went tinkling over the stones. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tinkling/#x7)

### note

Onomatopoeia: the word sounds like what it means. Verb: tinkle. «Give someone a tinkle» (old UK, informal) = phone them.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «tinkling» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tinkling/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.