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Synonyms of the word 
CLINK → CHINK - CLICK - GAOL - GO - JAIL - JAILHOUSE - POKEY - POKY - SLAMMER - SOUND - TINK - TINKLEclink- n. (onomatopoeia) The sound of metal on metal, or glass on glass.
- v. To make a clinking sound; to make a sound of metal on metal or glass on glass; to strike materials such…
- v. (humorous, dated) To rhyme.
- n. (slang) Jail or prison, after the Clink prison in Southwark, London. Used in the phrase in the clink.
- n. Stress cracks produced in metal ingots as they cool after being cast.
chink- n. A narrow opening such as a fissure or crack.
- n. A chip or dent (in something metallic).
- n. (figuratively) A vulnerability or flaw in a protection system or in any otherwise formidable system.
- v. (transitive) To fill an opening such as the space between logs in a log house with chinking; to caulk.
- v. (intransitive) To crack; to open.
- v. (transitive) To cause to open in cracks or fissures.
- n. A slight sound as of metal objects touching each other.
- n. (colloquial, now rare) Ready money, especially in the form of coins.
- v. (intransitive) To make a slight sound like that of metal objects touching.
- v. (transitive) To cause to make a sharp metallic sound, as coins, small pieces of metal, etc., by bringing…
- n. Alternative form of Chink.
click- n. A brief, sharp, not particularly loud, relatively high-pitched sound produced by the impact of something…
- n. (phonetics) An ingressive sound made by coarticulating a velar or uvular closure with another closure.
- n. Sound made by a dolphin.
- n. The act of operating a switch, etc., so that it clicks.
- n. The act of pressing a button on a computer mouse, both as a physical act and a reaction in the software.
- v. (transitive) To cause to make a click; to operate (a switch, etc) so that it makes a click.
- v. (transitive, computing) (direct and indirect) To press and release (a button on a computer mouse).
- v. (transitive, computing) To select a software item using, usually, but not always, the pressing of a mouse…
- v. (transitive, computing, advertising) To visit a web site.
- v. (intransitive, computing) To navigate by clicking a mouse button.
- v. (intransitive) To emit a click.
- v. (intransitive) To click the left button of a computer mouse while pointing.
- v. (intransitive) To make sense suddenly.
- v. (intransitive) To get on well.
- v. (dated, intransitive) To tick.
- interj. The sound of a click.
- n. Alternative spelling of klick.
- n. A detent, pawl, or ratchet, such as that which catches the cogs of a ratchet wheel to prevent backward…
- n. (Britain, dialect) The latch of a door.
- v. (obsolete) To snatch.
- n. (US) Misspelling of clique.
- v. (US) Misspelling of clique.
gaol- n. (Britain, Ireland, Australia) Alternative spelling of jail.
- v. (Britain) Alternative spelling of jail.
go- v. To move.
- v. (intransitive, chiefly of a machine) To work or function (properly); to move or perform (as required).
- v. (intransitive) To start; to begin (an action or process).
- v. (intransitive) To take a turn, especially in a game.
- v. (intransitive) To attend.
- v. To proceed.
- v. To follow or travel along (a path).
- v. (intransitive) To extend (from one point in time or space to another).
- v. (intransitive) To lead (to a place); to give access to.
- v. (copula) To become. (The adjective that follows usually describes a negative state.).
- v. To assume the obligation or function of; to be, to serve as.
- v. (intransitive) To continuously or habitually be in a state.
- v. To come to (a certain condition or state).
- v. (intransitive) To change (from one value to another).
- v. To turn out, to result; to come to (a certain result).
- v. (intransitive) To tend (toward a result).
- v. To contribute to a (specified) end product or result.
- v. To pass, to be used up.
- v. (intransitive) To die.
- v. (intransitive) To be discarded.
- v. (intransitive, cricket) To be lost or out.
- v. To break down or apart.
- v. (intransitive) To be sold.
- v. (intransitive) To be given, especially to be assigned or allotted.
- v. (transitive, intransitive) To survive or get by; to last or persist for a stated length of time.
- v. (transitive, sports) To have a certain record.
- v. To be authoritative, accepted, or valid.
- v. To say (something), to make a sound.
- v. To be expressed or composed (a certain way).
- v. (intransitive) To resort (to).
- v. To apply or subject oneself to.
- v. To fit (in a place, or together with something).
- v. (intransitive) To date.
- v. To attack.
- v. To be in general; to be usually.
- v. (transitive) To take (a particular part or share); to participate in to the extent of.
- v. (transitive) To yield or weigh.
- v. (transitive, intransitive) To offer, bid or bet an amount; to pay.
- v. (transitive, colloquial) To enjoy. (Compare go for.).
- v. (intransitive, colloquial) To urinate or defecate.
- n. (uncommon) The act of going.
- n. A turn at something, or in something (e.g. a game).
- n. An attempt, a try.
- n. An approval or permission to do something, or that which has been approved.
- n. An act; the working or operation.
- n. (slang, dated) A circumstance or occurrence; an incident.
- n. (dated) The fashion or mode.
- n. (dated) Noisy merriment.
- n. (slang, archaic) A glass of spirits; a quantity of spirits.
- n. Power of going or doing; energy; vitality; perseverance.
- n. (cribbage) The situation where a player cannot play a card which will not carry the aggregate count above…
- n. A period of activity.
- n. (obsolete, British slang) A dandy; a fashionable person.
- n. (board games) A strategic board game, originally from China, in which two players (black and white) attempt…
jail- n. A place or institution for the confinement of persons held in lawful custody or detention, especially…
- n. (uncountable) Confinement in a jail.
- n. (horse racing) The condition created by the requirement that a horse claimed in a claiming race not be…
- n. In dodgeball and related games, the area where players who have been struck by the ball are confined.
- v. To imprison.
jailhouse- n. A building containing a prison.
pokey- adj. (of a room, house) of small volume, cramped.
- adj. (slang) slow.
- adj. (slang, of a car) fast.
- n. (slang, with "the") prison.
poky- n. A gambling device based on the card game poker.
- adj. Slow.
- adj. (of a room or other enclosed space) Small and cramped.
- n. (slang) Jail.
slammer- n. One who, or that which, slams.
- n. (slang, usually "the slammer") Jail, prison.
- n. A tequila cocktail.
- n. One who takes part in slam-dance.
- n. In the game of Pogs, the heavier piece used to strike the stack of counters.
sound- adj. Healthy.
- adj. Complete, solid, or secure.
- adj. (mathematics, logic) Having the property of soundness.
- adj. (Britain, slang) Good; acceptable; decent.
- adj. (of sleep) Quiet and deep. Sound asleep means sleeping peacefully, often deeply.
- adj. Heavy; laid on with force.
- adj. Founded in law; legal; valid; not defective.
- adv. Soundly.
- interj. (Britain, slang) Yes; used to show agreement or understanding, generally without much enthusiasm.
- n. A sensation perceived by the ear caused by the vibration of air or some other medium.
- n. A vibration capable of causing such sensations.
- n. (music) A distinctive style and sonority of a particular musician, orchestra etc.
- n. Noise without meaning; empty noise.
- v. (intransitive) To produce a sound.
- v. (copulative) To convey an impression by one's sound.
- v. (intransitive) To be conveyed in sound; to be spread or published; to convey intelligence by sound.
- v. (intransitive, obsolete) To resound.
- v. (intransitive, law, often with in) To arise or to be recognizable as arising in or from a particular area…
- v. (transitive) To cause to produce a sound.
- v. (transitive, phonetics, of a vowel or consonant) To pronounce.
- n. (geography) A long narrow inlet, or a strait between the mainland and an island; also, a strait connecting…
- n. The air bladder of a fish.
- n. A cuttlefish.
- v. (intransitive) Dive downwards, used of a whale.
- v. To ascertain, or try to ascertain, the thoughts, motives, and purposes of (a person); to examine; to try;…
- v. Test; ascertain the depth of water with a sounding line or other device.
- v. (medicine) To examine with the instrument called a sound or sonde, or by auscultation or percussion.
- n. (medicine) An instrument for probing or dilating; a sonde.
- n. A long, thin probe for sounding body cavities or canals such as the urethra.
tink- v. To emit a high-pitched sharp or metallic noise.
- n. (dated) A sharp, quick sound; a tinkle.
- v. (knitting, slang, transitive) To unknit.
- n. (chiefly Britain and Ireland, offensive) A member of the travelling community. A gypsy.
tinkle- v. (intransitive) To make light metallic sounds, rather like a very small bell.
- v. (intransitive, informal, juvenile) To urinate.
- v. (transitive) To cause to tinkle.
- v. (transitive) To indicate, signal, etc. by tinkling.
- v. To hear, or resound with, a small, sharp sound.
- n. A light metallic sound, resembling the tinkling of bells or wind chimes.
- n. (Britain, informal) A telephone call.
- n. (informal, euphemistic) An act of urination.
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