clink
verb (used with or without object)
to make or cause to make a light, sharp, ringing sound.
is clinking
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present progressiveof clink (3rd person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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Two nights later, Mutti is clinking dinner dishes in the kitchen sink as Hugo dresses.
From "The Boy Who Dared" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti
Change is clinking in his trouser pocket, just below the level of my shoulders.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
The pen is squeaking the same as if it was in torment, and them five or six bracelets on her arm is clinking sweet music to my ear.
From J. Poindexter, Colored by Irvin S. (Irvin Shrewsbury) Cobb
