atinkle

English

Alternative forms

• a-tinkle

Etymology

From a- +‎ tinkle.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /əˈtɪŋkəl/
• Rhymes: -ɪŋkəl

Adjective

atinkle (not comparable)

1. Making a tinkling sound.
   • 1876, Venier Voldo, A Song of America‎^[1], New York: Hanscom, Canto 2, page 33:

     The mountain vale, arousing Ocean, sings,
     And all the air’s a-tinkle as with strings;

   • 1894, Kenneth Grahame, “The Fairy Wicket” in Pagan Papers, London: Elkin Mathews and John Lane, p. 91,^[2]

     […] every copse and hedge-row seems a-tinkle with faint elfish laughter.

   • 1912, Sarojini Naidu, “A Rajput Love Song”, in The Bird of Time,‎^[3], London: Heinemann, page 29:

     O Love! were you the hooded hawk upon my hand that flutters,
     Its collar-band of gleaming bells atinkle as I ride,

   • 1984, Peter Davison, “Impossible People”, in Praying Wrong‎^[4], New York: Atheneum, pages 8–9:

     Impossibles march gaily for Gay Pride,
     ashaming any spectator a marcher would
     yearn to be matey with, mincing
     atinkle with bangles and lavender marcel

   • 1995, Angela Carter, “The Snow Pavilion”, in Burning Your Boats‎^[5], New York: Henry Holt, published 1996, page 432:

     Somewhere inside a full-mouthed bell tolled; its reverberations set the chandelier a-tinkle […]

Anagrams

• antlike, kinetal