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tinkly adjective uk /ˈtɪŋ.kəl.i/ us /ˈtɪŋ.kəl.i/ having a light ringing sound: When I told the joke, she gave a tinkly little laugh. Somewhere a radio was playing tinkly piano music. Suddenly I was aware of a tinkly sound coming from his phone. The worst thing about working in a spa is having to listen to the tinkly sounds of wind chimes all day. She sewed a small tinkly bell onto one of her slippers so that her dog would be able to hear her moving about. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Sounds made by objects, movement or impact bang around bleep boop choo-choo chuff clap along click away crunch honk plop resonance rumble spit squeak susurrus swoosh thrum thunk tick-tock ticking
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