Noun
a correctional institution used to detain persons who are in the lawful custody of the government (either accused persons awaiting trial or convicted persons serving a sentence)

Noun
a short light metallic sound

Verb
make or emit a high sound; "tinkling bells"

Verb
make a high sound typical of glass; "champagne glasses clinked to make a toast"

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v. i.
To cause to give out a slight, sharp, tinkling, sound, as by striking metallic or other sonorous bodies together.

v. i.
To give out a slight, sharp, tinkling sound.

v. i.
To rhyme. [Humorous].

n.
A slight, sharp, tinkling sound, made by the collision of sonorous bodies.

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Clink

Clink , v. t. [imp. & p. p. Clinked ; 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.

Clink

Clink , v. i. 1. To give out a slight, sharp, thinkling sound. "The clinking latch." Tennyson. 2. To rhyme. [Humorous]. Cowper.

Clink

Clink, n. A slight, sharp, tinkling sound, made by the collision of sonorous bodies. "Clink and fall of swords." Shak.

To cause to give out a slight, sharp, tinkling, sound, as by striking metallic or other sonorous bodies together.

To give out a slight, sharp, thinkling sound.

A slight, sharp, tinkling sound, made by the collision of sonorous bodies.