atinkle

atinkle

English

Alternative forms

• a-tinkle

Etymology

a- +‎ tinkle

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /əˈtɪŋkəl/
• Rhymes: -ɪŋkəl

Adjective

atinkle (not comparable)

1. Making a tinkling sound.
   • 1876, Venier Voldo, A Song of America, New York: Hanscom, Canto 2, p. 33,

     The mountain vale, arousing Ocean, sings,

     And all the air’s a-tinkle as with strings;

   • 1894, Kenneth Grahame, “The Fairy Wicket” in Pagan Papers, London: Elkin Mathews and John Lane, p. 91,

     […] every copse and hedge-row seems a-tinkle with faint elfish laughter.

   • 1912, Sarojini Naidu, “A Rajput Love Song” in The Bird of Time, London: Heinemann, p. 29,

     O Love! were you the hooded hawk upon my hand that flutters,

     Its collar-band of gleaming bells atinkle as I ride,

   • 1984, Peter Davison, “Impossible People” in Praying Wrong, New York: Atheneum, pp. 8-9,

     Impossibles march gaily for Gay Pride,

     ashaming any spectator a marcher would

     yearn to be matey with, mincing

     atinkle with bangles and lavender marcel

   • 1995, Angela Carter, “The Snow Pavilion” in Burning Your Boats, New York: Henry Holt, 1996, p. 432,

     Somewhere inside a full-mouthed bell tolled; its reverberations set the chandelier a-tinkle […]

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