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語源 1

From 中期英語 tinken, possibly from 古期英語 *tincian, equivalent to tin +‎ -k. Compare Dutch tinken (“to tink, toll, strike the bells of a clock”), German Low German tinken (“to tink”). Compare also English ting.

動詞

tink (third-person singular simple present tinks, present participle tinking, simple past and past participle tinked)

1. To emit a high-pitched sharp or metallic noise.

   Jimmy heard the bells tink.

同意語

• tinkle

関連する語

• tingle

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名詞

tink (plural tinks)

1. (dated) A sharp, quick sound; a tinkle.

語源 2

knit spelled backwards.

動詞

tink (third-person singular simple present tinks, present participle tinking, simple past and past participle tinked)

1. (knitting, slang, transitive) To unknit.
   • 2012, Amy Lane, A Knitter in His Natural Habitat, page 48:

     Stanley knitted when he should have purled and swore, tinking the knitting back to fix the flaw.

   • 2006, Heather Dixon, Not Your Mama's Knitting, page 89:

     If the stitch you need to fix is on the last or previous row, a bit of unknitting, or “tinking” as it is known by some knitters, is all that is needed to get back to the point where you can mend your mistake.

語源 3

Shortened from tinker.

名詞

tink (plural tinks)

1. (chiefly British and Ireland, offensive) A member of the travelling community. A gypsy.
   • 2000, David Brian Plummer, Merle: The Start of Dynasty, →ISBN, page 11:

     'Most have white eyes, which ain't natural in any beast, tame or wild, and they are considered unlucky - the tinks calls 'em moonpies, and most will avoid settling on farms where they are kept.

   • 2014, Alastair Macleod, The Traveller's Tale, →ISBN:

     Her family had a name that marked them out as tinks, only they weren't tinks anymore.

   • 2015, Andrew O'Hagan, The Illuminations, →ISBN, page 47:

     'Well, you should feel right at home,' Flannigan said. 'You love a bit of thieving, you and the rest of the fucken tinks you grew up with in the Emerald Toilet.'

アナグラム

• knit