6 letters · 10 points in Scrabble
noun a light clear metallic sound as of a small bell
verb make or emit a high sound
originFrom Middle English tinclen, equivalent to tink + -le (frequentative suffix). Cognate with West Frisian tinkelje (“to tinkle”), Dutch tinkelen (“to tinkle”), German Low German tinkeln (“to flicker, glitter, sparkle”).
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