Definition of "tinkling" []

• A tinkle; a tinkling sound. (noun)
• The grackle. (noun)
• One that tinkles. (adjective)
• Present participle of tinkle. (verb)

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• "The day begins with dazzling light which is described as "tinkling bright silk thread" and "blazing needlework", where "one line springs from another, like vein branching from vein on a birch leaf, or the back of one's hand, or a precious stone"."
• "Later, the bishop led me across his red shag carpet to a white fountain tinkling in the corner of his office."
• "At nine o'clock went to the Vatican; two large fantails with ostrich feathers; ladies penned up; Pope; cardinals kiss his hand in rotation; address in Latin, tinkling, like water gurgling from a bottle."