Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • To trickle.
  • To hang or trail down; flow.
  • To tinkle.
  • To tingle; throb; vibrate.
  • To treat underhand or secretly (with); tamper, as with the opinions of another.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • intransitive verb obsolete To act secretly, or in an underhand way; to tamper.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • verb rare to trickle
  • verb obsolete To act secretly, or in an underhand way; to tamper.

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Examples

  • Elementary, my dear Watson, only Fortnum and Bowser (ph) individually wrapped trinkle treats, Toughens the Tin are worth killing for.

    CNN Transcript Mar 23, 2004 2004

  • He heard the trinkle of water below, and was satisfied that there was a succession of canyons leading to the plain below, in which case descent would be comparatively easy.

    Boy Scouts in Mexico; or on Guard with Uncle Sam 1909

  • Teddy, who had turned to look down into the valley, now caught Jimmie by the arm and pointed downward, where a low-lying ridge jutted out of the general slope and made a small canyon between itself and the body of the mountains, a canyon in which a trinkle of water showed.

    The Boy Scout Camera Club, or, the Confession of a Photograph 1909

  • (Adam Smith ... invisible hand ... trinkle down economics).

    www.the-daily-record.com's Homepage Articles 2009

  • The trinkle of planned retirements are turning into a flood.

    ModerateVoters.org 2009

  • The trinkle of planned retirements are turning into a flood.

    AroundTheCapitol.com 2009

  • She loves to trinkle with my gadgets and sometimes she is the one who discovers how a program works. said, on October 28th, 2008 at 9: 43 pm

    unknown title 2008

  • a tribi? a vitrigin? a trinkle in your mother's eye? damn, sorry innerlighter, i just don't know what that would be called.... a trial something? an aerobie? trini lopez? yeah, i got nothin

    Misinformation: Simple Bikes Can Do Amazing Things BikeSnobNYC 2009

  • Now thy brother’s son, Kanmakan, is come to man’s estate and it behoveth us to forbid him access to the rooms where anklets trinkle, and it is yet more needful to forbid thy daughter the company of men, for the like of her should be kept in the Harim.

    The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night 2006

  • There’s a lot going on during Jazz Fest, so people trinkle from other shows, which is great — that they know that something’s still going on that they can check out for a couple more hours.

    Disquiet » Sonic Anomaly 2002

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