Chinkle vs Chinkled - What's the difference?
chinkle | chinkled |
(rare) To chink or jingle
To tinkle or cause to tinkle; produce a continued chinking sound
(rare) A ringing sound of low volume
* 1937 , Helen Simpson, Under Capricorn
(chinkle)
(rare) To chink or jingle
To tinkle or cause to tinkle; produce a continued chinking sound
(rare) A ringing sound of low volume
* 1937 , Helen Simpson, Under Capricorn
As verbs the difference between chinkle and chinkled
is that chinkle is to chink or jingle while chinkled is past tense of chinkle.As a noun chinkle
is a turn or kink in a rope.chinkle
English
Etymology 1
Variation of (kinkle).Etymology 2
From .Verb
(chinkl)- He chinkled the coins in his pocket.
Noun
(en noun)- Adare rang the bell. So still was the night that now the sighing in the room had stopped and the birds had settled down again in their tree, he could hear the chinkle of the bell, tossing on its wire in the kitchen fifty yards away, downstairs.
References
(chinkling of rails), [http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=4pJhaDsDE-QC&pg=PA262&dq=%22chinkle%22&hl=en&ei=zbwpTIrqAsWclgfVqfTEAw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=6&ved=0CDsQ6AEwBTgK] (chinkle of reins), [http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=B9FBAAAAYAAJ&q=%22chinkles%22&dq=%22chinkles%22&hl=en&ei=57wpTLesJ4WKlwftoMHBAw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=5&ved=0CDUQ6AEwBA(the fountain chinkles)
chinkled
English
Verb
(head)chinkle
English
Etymology 1
Variation of (kinkle).Etymology 2
From .Verb
(chinkl)- He chinkled the coins in his pocket.
Noun
(en noun)- Adare rang the bell. So still was the night that now the sighing in the room had stopped and the birds had settled down again in their tree, he could hear the chinkle of the bell, tossing on its wire in the kitchen fifty yards away, downstairs.
References
(chinkling of rails), [http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=4pJhaDsDE-QC&pg=PA262&dq=%22chinkle%22&hl=en&ei=zbwpTIrqAsWclgfVqfTEAw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=6&ved=0CDsQ6AEwBTgK] (chinkle of reins), [http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=B9FBAAAAYAAJ&q=%22chinkles%22&dq=%22chinkles%22&hl=en&ei=57wpTLesJ4WKlwftoMHBAw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=5&ved=0CDUQ6AEwBA(the fountain chinkles)
