Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to clink
Participle: clinked
Gerund: clinking
Indicative
Present
| I | clink |
| you | clink |
| he;she;it | clinks |
| we | clink |
| you | clink |
| they | clink |
Perfect
| I | have clinked |
| you | have clinked |
| he;she;it | has clinked |
| we | have clinked |
| you | have clinked |
| they | have clinked |
Past
| I | clinked |
| you | clinked |
| he;she;it | clinked |
| we | clinked |
| you | clinked |
| they | clinked |
Pluperfect
| I | had clinked |
| you | had clinked |
| he;she;it | had clinked |
| we | had clinked |
| you | had clinked |
| they | had clinked |
Future
| I | will clink |
| you | will clink |
| he;she;it | will clink |
| we | will clink |
| you | will clink |
| they | will clink |
Future Perfect
| I | will have clinked |
| you | will have clinked |
| he;she;it | will have clinked |
| we | will have clinked |
| you | will have clinked |
| they | will have clinked |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | clink |
| you | clink |
| he;she;it | clink |
| we | clink |
| you | clink |
| they | clink |
Perfect
| I | have clinked |
| you | have clinked |
| he;she;it | have clinked |
| we | have clinked |
| you | have clinked |
| they | have clinked |
Imperfect
| I | clinked |
| you | clinked |
| he;she;it | clinked |
| we | clinked |
| you | clinked |
| they | clinked |
Pluperfect
| I | had clinked |
| you | had clinked |
| he;she;it | had clinked |
| we | had clinked |
| you | had clinked |
| they | had clinked |
Conditional
Present
| I | would clink |
| you | would clink |
| he;she;it | would clink |
| we | would clink |
| you | would clink |
| they | would clink |
Perfect
| I | would have clinked |
| you | would have clinked |
| he;she;it | would have clinked |
| we | would have clinked |
| you | would have clinked |
| they | would have clinked |
Imperative
| you | clink |
| we | Let's clink |
| you | clink |
Verbs conjugated like 'clink'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'clink'
blink,
chink,
clank,
click,
cling,
clonk,
clunk,
link,
plink,
slink,
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. From Middle English clinken, from Old English *clincan (compare clynnan, clynian (“to sound; resound”)), from Proto-Germanic *klinganą (“to sound”).
2. Cognates include Middle Dutch klinken and German klingen. Related to cling (sound) and clang. May be further related to call.
3. Perhaps of onomatopoeic origin, as metal against metal. See: Proto-Germanic '
*klinganą', German, old spelling '
klingen'.
Verbs referencing "clink"
Swedish
klinga, Luxembourgish
kléngen.
Sample Sentences
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‘Well, it an’t a very rowdy life, and that’s a fact!’ Again he clinks his metal castanet, and leads us leisurely away. I have a question to ask him as we go.
(American Notes for General Circulation)