jinkle

English

Verb

jinkle (third-person singular simple present jinkles, present participle jinkling, simple past and past participle jinkled)

1. Alternative form of jingle (“to make a clattering noise”)
   • 1874, The Church, page 317:

     The bells on their armlets and anklets jinkled in harmony […]

   • 2016, Sarah Hall, Peter Hobbs, Sex & Death: Stories:

     She looked at the kit box and wiped her palm across the picture so the bangles jinkled once more.