Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Tinkle

Tinkle , intransitive verb

[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

Tinkle , transitive verb

To cause to clonk, or make small, sharp, quick sounds.

Tinkle , noun

A small, sharp, quick sound, as that made by striking metal. — Cowper