tink

IPA: tˈɪŋk

(dated) A sharp, quick sound; a tinkle.
(chiefly Britain and Ireland, offensive) A member of the travelling community. A gypsy.

Examples of "tink" in Sentences

Listen for the "tink" of hitting the rail telling me I'm getting close.
Lovers stroll by on dirt paths; metal petanque balls "tink" against each other nearby.
The pedal now clunked againsed the chain guard, and made a nice rythmic "tink" with each revolution.
In Singaporean English (known as Singlish), think is pronounced "tink," and theories is "tee-oh-rees."
The tip landed in the middle of his bony chest and skated over each rib, going * tink, tink, tink* through the handle, like
They found the noise generated by the titanium clubs hitting a golf ball is far louder than the "tink" of the steel club making a shot.
While the steel clubs produced the agreeable 'tink' of a well-hit shot, the titanium ones were much louder, described by some as similar to a gun being fired.
Reports from state auditors say some teachers pronounce words such as think as "tink" and violet as "biolet" and leave off the ending sounds of words, saying "doin" instead of "doing."
At one school, for example, state auditors complained that teachers pronounced "words such as violet as 'biolet,' think as 'tink' and swallow the ending sounds of words, as they sometimes do in Spanish."