Tin″kle (?), v. i. [Freq. of tink. See Tink, Tingle.] 1. To make, or give forth, small, quick, sharp sounds, as a piece of metal does when struck; to clink.
As sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal. 1 Cor. xiii. 1.
The sprightly horse
Moves to the music of his tinkling bells. Dodsley.
2. To hear, or resound with, a small, sharp sound.
And his ears tinkled, and the color fled. Dryden.