as in jail
a place of confinement for persons held in lawful custody
I once spent a night in the clink, and it's an experience I don't want to repeat
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Recent Examples of clink
Bryan Marquard, BostonGlobe.com, 6 Aug. 2023
But near the end of the assembly line, in a nook where pencils are imprinted with their logos, the sound is no more than the soft clink of the perfect little sticks falling into a heap.
—Danny Freedman, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 June 2023
Amanda Hancock, The Courier-Journal, 4 Nov. 2024
Tears flooded Ye’s eyes as the group clinked glasses of champagne at 9:30 a.m.
—Quanta Magazine, 4 Sep. 2024
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Noun
Sitting on a stool in Café Jean-Paul on Lewis Wharf one May night in 1975, Mae Arnette gazed into the smoky darkness beyond the spotlight, where only the soft clink of a cocktail glass revealed the presence of her audience.
—Bryan Marquard, BostonGlobe.com, 6 Aug. 2023
But near the end of the assembly line, in a nook where pencils are imprinted with their logos, the sound is no more than the soft clink of the perfect little sticks falling into a heap.
—Danny Freedman, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 June 2023
Verb
With the sound of clinking wine glasses, tastes of inventive veggies, and the voice of an award-winning chef, the Courier Journal's new dinner series kicked off Sunday at a popular Highlands restaurant.
—Amanda Hancock, The Courier-Journal, 4 Nov. 2024
Tears flooded Ye’s eyes as the group clinked glasses of champagne at 9:30 a.m.
—Quanta Magazine, 4 Sep. 2024
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Police departments in those jurisdictions generally do not help ICE carry out street-level arrests, and jails will not hold immigration violators charged with traffic offenses, or in some cases violent felonies.Nick Miroff The Washington Post, arkansasonline.com, 8 Dec. 2024
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But Penny may never even spend a minute in jail for taking another man’s life.Leonard Greene, New York Daily News, 8 Dec. 2024
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Christmas stays and plays December is just moments away and those jingle bells are jingling.Maureen O'Hare, CNN, 30 Nov. 2024
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So hurry up, and jingle all the way to your nearest Dairy Queen.Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Southern Living, 26 Nov. 2024
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In 1956, Reich was charged with contempt for violating the injunction and sentenced to two years in prison.Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 8 Dec. 2024
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She could be sentenced to up to five years in prison if convicted.Nicholas Williams, New York Daily News, 8 Dec. 2024
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Guests in silk blouses and slacks sipped scotch while the piano man tinkled the keys.Erin Florio, Condé Nast Traveler, 15 Nov. 2024
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That had to have felt like Old Man Winter tinkling on his shoulder.Grant Brisbee, The Athletic, 5 Aug. 2024
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Unsurprisingly, perhaps, Hollinger’s affairs proved to be a total mess: Black was later convicted of fraud and obstruction of justice and spent more than three years in a federal penitentiary.Tad Friend, The New Yorker, 21 Oct. 2024
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From a federal penitentiary in Virginia, Jose Landa-Rodriguez reconnected with an old friend in California.Matthew Ormseth, Los Angeles Times, 5 Sep. 2024
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Now they’re fortified and cleaned, the bells’ ringing mechanism updated, and the great organ (set between the bell towers on the west side) restored.Dana Thomas, Architectural Digest, 20 Nov. 2024
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In the stunned, ringing silence of the visiting locker room, Lutz and many others struggled to find words to describe the sting.Parker Gabriel, The Denver Post, 10 Nov. 2024
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But amid growing fears of a deadly bird flu pandemic, perhaps no one was more rattled than experts in infectious disease.Sheryl Gay Stolberg, New York Times, 28 Nov. 2024
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Semler Scientific’s stock was in a deep rut, so the company brought in Eric Semler, son of the founder and activist hedge fund manager from New York City’s TCS Capital Management, known for rattling the cages of companies like Angie’s List, Yelp and Nielsen/Net Rating.Steven Ehrlich, Forbes, 26 Nov. 2024
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The videos clearly chimed with viewers online, racking up millions of views and any number of follow-ups from other users looking to get in on the trend.Dan Perry, Newsweek, 26 Nov. 2024
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Patek Philippe divides its current collection into complications (world timers, chronographs, and annual calendars) and grand complications (perpetual calendars, tourbillons, chiming watches, and so on).Sophie Furley, Robb Report, 5 Nov. 2024
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“Clink.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/clink. Accessed 18 Dec. 2024.
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