clink 1
/klingk/ , v.t. , v.i.
1. to make or cause to make a light, sharp, ringing sound: The coins clinked together. He clinked the fork against a glass.
n.
2. a clinking sound.
3. Metall. a small crack in a steel ingot resulting from uneven expanding or contracting.
4. a pointed steel bar for breaking up road surfaces.
5. Archaic. a rhyme; jingle.
[ 1275-1325; ME clinken, perh. clinken to sound, ring, resound ]
clink 2
/klingk/ , n. Slang.
a prison; jail; lockup.
[ 1505-15; after Clink, name of prison in Southwark, London, perh. klink door-latch ]