tinkle

tinkle
1. noun
Klingeln, das; (of coins) Klimpern, das
2. intransitive verb
[Glocke:] klingeln; [Münzen:] klimpern
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['tiŋkl] 1. verb
(to (cause to) make a sound of, or like, the ringing of small bells: The doorbell tinkled.) klingeln
2. noun
(this sound: I heard the tinkle of glass chimes.) das Klirren, das Klingeln
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tin·kle
[ˈtɪŋkl̩]
I. vi
1. (make sound) piano klimpern; bell klingen, bimmeln fam; fountain plätschern; breaking glass klirren
2. (childspeak fam: urinate) Pipi [o SCHWEIZ Bisi] machen Kindersprache
II. vt
to \tinkle a bell mit einer Glocke klingeln
III. n
1. (of bell) Klingen nt kein pl; (of water) Plätschern nt kein pl; (of breaking glass) Klirren nt kein pl
to give sb a \tinkle (dated fam) jdn anklingeln fam
2. (childspeak fam: urine) Pipi nt Kindersprache, Bisi nt SCHWEIZ Kindersprache
to have [or go for] a \tinkle Pipi [o SCHWEIZ Bisi] machen gehen Kindersprache
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['tɪŋkl]
1. vt
zum Klingen bringen

he tinkled the bell — er klingelte (mit der Glocke)

2. vi
1) (bells etc) klingen, bimmeln (inf); (on piano) klimpern; (breaking glass, ice cubes) klirren
2) (inf: to urinate) pinkeln (inf)
3. n
Klingen nt no pl, Bimmeln nt no pl (inf); (of breaking glass, ice cubes) Klirren nt no pl

to give sb a tinkle ( Brit inf, on telephone ) — jdn anbimmeln (inf)

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tinkle [ˈtıŋkl]
A v/i
1. → academic.ru/75158/ting">ting C
2. klimpern (Münzen etc)
3. umg pinkeln
B v/t
1. klingeln mit
2. klimpern mit
C s
1. Klingeln n:
give sb a tinkle TEL Br umg jemanden oder bei jemandem anklingeln
2. Klimpern n
3. umg Pinkeln n:
have (go for) a tinkle pinkeln (gehen)
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1. noun
Klingeln, das; (of coins) Klimpern, das
2. intransitive verb
[Glocke:] klingeln; [Münzen:] klimpern
* * *
v.
klingeln v.

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