Read full poem →Strike the bells wantonly,
Tinkle tinkle well;
Bring me wine, bring me flowers,
Dictionary Entry
A light metallic sound, resembling the tinkling of bells or wind chimes.
Origin
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Common Phrases
. tinkletinkle fainttinkle bellstinkle musicaltinkle silverytinkle little
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Poetry examples for “tinkle”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →What a world of merriment their melody foretells!
How they tinkle, tinkle, tinkle,
In their icy air of night!
Read full poem →What a world of merriment their melody foretells!
How they tinkle, tinkle, tinkle,
In the icy air of night!
Read full poem →And I listen to you speak
Words like crystals breaking with a tinkle,
Or a star's twinkle.
Read full poem →No jingling serenader's art,
Nor tinkle of piano strings,
Can make the wild blood start
Read full poem →Half-asleep
Tinkle homeward thro' the twilight, stray or stop
As they crop--
Read full poem →Then they cast bells like the shell of the winkle
That keep a stout heart in the ram with their tinkle;
But the sand--they pinch and pound it like otters;
Read full poem →the wind and the rain comb,
tinkle and drip, tinkle and drip--
branches drifting apart. Hagh!