TINKLE

I. verb (~d; tinkling) Etymology: Middle English, frequentative of tinken to ~, of imitative origin Date: 15th century intransitive verb to make or emit a ~ or a sound suggestive of a ~, urinate , transitive verb to sound or make known (the time) by a ~, 2. to cause to make a ~, to produce by tinkling , II. noun Date: 1725 a jingling effect in verse or prose, a series of short high ringing or clinking sounds