tinkle

Meanings

1. To make light metallic sounds, rather like a very small bell.
2. To cause to tinkle.
3. To indicate, signal, etc. by tinkling.
4. To hear, or resound with, a small, sharp sound.
5. To urinate.

1. A light metallic sound, resembling the tinkling of bells or wind chimes.
2. A telephone call.
3. An act of urination.
4. Urine.

1. A surname.

Etymology

From Middle English tinclen, equivalent to tink + -le (frequentative suffix). Cognate with West Frisian tinkelje (“to tinkle”), Dutch tinkelen (“to tinkle”), German Low German tinkeln (“to flicker, glitter, sparkle”).