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Clink vs Knock - What's the difference?

clink | knock |

As nouns the difference between clink and knock

is that clink is (onomatopoeia) the sound of metal on metal, or glass on glass or clink can be (slang) jail or prison, after (w) prison in southwark, london used in the phrase (in the clink) while knock is an abrupt rapping sound, as from an impact of a hard object against wood.

As verbs the difference between clink and knock

is that clink is to make a clinking sound; to make a sound of metal on metal or glass on glass; to strike materials such as metal or glass against one another while knock is (dated) to rap one's knuckles against something, especially wood.

clink

English

Etymology 1

Onomatpoeic, as metal against metal. Related to (etyl) (m), (etyl) (m), (etyl) (m). Maybe from (etyl) , related to call. English onomatopoeias

Noun

(en noun)
  • (onomatopoeia) The sound of metal on metal, or glass on glass.
  • You could hear the clink of the glasses from the next room.
  • * 1874 , (Marcus Clarke), (For the Term of His Natural Life) Chapter V
  • When Frere had come down, an hour before, the prisoners were all snugly between their blankets. They were not so now; though, at the first clink of the bolts, they would be back again in their old positions, to all appearances sound asleep.

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To make a clinking sound; to make a sound of metal on metal or glass on glass; to strike materials such as metal or glass against one another.
  • The hammers clinked on the stone all night.
  • * Tennyson
  • the clinking latch
  • (humorous, dated) To rhyme.
  • Etymology 2

    From prison in Southwark, London, itself presumably named after sound of doors being bolted or chains rattling.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (slang) Jail or prison, after (w) prison in Southwark, London. Used in the phrase (in the clink).
  • If he keeps doing things like that, he’s sure to end up in the clink .
  • Stress cracks produced in metal ingots as they cool after being cast.
  • Synonyms
    * See also
    Derived terms
    * in the clink

    knock

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An abrupt rapping sound, as from an impact of a hard object against wood
  • I heard a knock on my door.
  • An impact.
  • He took a knock on the head.
  • (figurative) criticism
  • * 2012 , Tom Lamont, How Mumford & Sons became the biggest band in the world'' (in ''The Daily Telegraph , 15 November 2012)[http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2012/nov/15/mumford-sons-biggest-band-world]
  • Since forming in 2007 Mumford & Sons have hard-toured their way to a vast market for throaty folk that's strong on banjo and bass drum. They have released two enormous albums. But, wow, do they take some knocks back home.
  • (cricket) a batsman's innings.
  • He played a slow but sure knock of 35.
  • (automotive) Preignition, a type of abnormal combustion occurring in spark ignition engines caused by self-ignition or the characteristic knocking sound associated with it.
  • Verb

    (en verb)
  • (dated) To rap one's knuckles against something, especially wood.
  • Knock on the door and find out if they're home.
  • (dated) To strike for admittance; to rap upon, as a door.
  • * Shakespeare
  • Master, knock the door hard.
  • (ambitransitive, dated) To bump or impact.
  • I knocked against the table and bruised my leg.
    I accidentally knocked my drink off the bar.
  • * 1900 , L. Frank Baum, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz Chapter 23
  • "The Silver Shoes," said the Good Witch, "have wonderful powers. And one of the most curious things about them is that they can carry you to any place in the world in three steps, and each step will be made in the wink of an eye. All you have to do is to knock the heels together three times and command the shoes to carry you wherever you wish to go."
  • (colloquial) To denigrate, undervalue.
  • Don't knock it until you've tried it.
  • (soccer) To pass, kick a ball towards another player.
  • * {{quote-news
  • , year=2011 , date=January 11 , author=Jonathan Stevenson , title=West Ham 2 - 1 Birmingham , work=BBC citation , page= , passage=Despite enjoying more than their fair share of possession the visitors did not look like creating anything, with their lack of a killer ball painfully obvious as they harmlessly knocked the ball around outside the home side's box without ever looking like they would hurt them. }}

    Derived terms

    * knock someone's block off * knock someone's socks off

    Derived terms

    * antiknock * knock about * knock around * knock down * knock for a loop * knock it off * knock knock * knock off / knockoff * knock oneself out * knock somebody's socks off * knock out / knockout * knock over * knock up * knocked up * knocker * knocker up * knocking shop * school of hard knocks English onomatopoeias 1000 English basic words