Emily Dickinson Lexicon

CLINK, v.t. [Sw. klinga; Dan. klinger, klinker; D. klinken; G. klingen. This seems to be a dialectical orthography of clang, clank, L. clango, and if n is not radical, they coincide with clack, click, with the radical sense, to strike.]

To ring or jingle; to utter or make a small sharp sound, or a succession of such sounds, as by striking small metallic or other sonorous bodies together. – Prior. Gay.