資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Clink \Clink\ (kl[i^][ng]k), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Clinked}
   (kl[i^][ng]kt); p. pr. & vb. n. {Clinking}.] [OE. clinken;
   akin to G. klingen, D. klinken, SW. klinga, Dan. klinge;
   prob. of imitative origin. Cf. {Clank}, {Clench}, {Click}, v.
   i.]
   To cause to give out a slight, sharp, tinkling, sound, as by
   striking metallic or other sonorous bodies together.

         And let me the canakin clink.            --Shak.