clinkety-clank

noun

Definition of clinkety-clanknext
as in rattle

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for clinkety-clank
  1. rattle
  2. tinkle
  3. clink
  4. jingle
  5. tang
  6. ring
  7. jangle
  8. twang
Noun
  • Tribal members dressed in their finest regalia–silver, turquoise, coral, shell, feathers–shake gourd rattles in a ring enclosing the Deer Dancers and two Deer Maidens.
    Chadd Scott, Forbes, 2 Jan. 2025
  • But the rattles and the walker were of little interest as Wheel of Fortune was playing on the big TV screen on the wall, and the popular show was commanding the baby's attention.
    Julia Hunt, Newsweek, 6 Nov. 2024
Definition of rattle
Noun
  • The door chime at their floral and gift shop tinkles every few minutes as another customer and friend comes in to collect their $10 bows.
    Trevor Hughes, USA TODAY, 12 Sep. 2024
  • On our first evening the piano bar—resplendent in gold Thai silks, with tiger orchids blooming across the green carpet—was filled with laughter, the glug-glug-glug of Champagne pouring, and the tinkle of keys.
    Arati Menon, Condé Nast Traveler, 25 May 2024
Definition of tinkle
Noun
  • When given a shake, the piece emits echoing clinks evocative of rushing water.
    Tessa Solomon, ARTnews.com, 22 Oct. 2024
  • To me, the tinkling glasses and ringing silverware are easily ignorable, the hodgepodge of clinks and clatters immediately fading into the background.
    CT Jones, Rolling Stone, 4 Apr. 2024
Definition of clink
Noun
  • And now, a bonus memory … In the 1970s, as a newcomer to New York session playing, I was called to play on a jingle — a one-hour session — for Old Spice.
    Devon Ivie, Vulture, 30 Dec. 2024
  • Also in the top 10 of the latest Billboard 200, Mariah Carey’s Merry Christmas jingles back to the top 10 for a seventh consecutive holiday season, as the 1994 release climbs 14-10.
    Keith Caulfield, Billboard, 22 Dec. 2024
Definition of jingle
Noun
  • The tang of Zing Zang transports me to the crowded confines of my grandmother’s wet bar, where the adults mixed batches of Bloody Mary’s as family slowly trickled in on Christmas Day.
    Elizabeth Hutchison Hicklin, Southern Living, 22 Dec. 2024
  • Flavor Red velvet offers a nuanced, luxurious flavor profile that entails sweet notes of vanilla balanced by a pleasant tang from the buttermilk and vinegar, all rounded out with a muted hint of cocoa.
    Darcy Lenz, Southern Living, 28 Nov. 2024
Definition of tang
Noun
  • Even the name of its midsummer itinerary had a ring of adventure: the Alaska Supervoyage.
    Kevin West, Travel + Leisure, 4 Jan. 2025
  • Around the second or third century C.E., a gold ring bearing the likeness of the Roman goddess Venus was lost on a road in what is now Brittany, France.
    Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Jan. 2025
Definition of ring
Noun
  • This Christmas Time Tour is, obviously, constructed around Carey’s commandeering of the holiday thanks to a sweet jangle of an anthem.
    Melissa Ruggieri, USA TODAY, 2 Dec. 2024
  • These are recipes where modernity jangles with the delicious rhythms of the past.
    Scott Hocker, theweek, 27 Sep. 2024
Definition of jangle
Noun
  • Multiple networks will be hosting their own bashes, including CBS, which will have a country twang for its celebration.
    Saman Shafiq, USA TODAY, 31 Dec. 2024
  • Also Read The Best EPs of 2024 Over more than 30 years in Nashville, Urban has proved to be anything but a twang purist.
    Stephen Deusner, SPIN, 23 Dec. 2024
Definition of twang
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