Clink \Clink\, n. A prison cell; a lockup; -- probably orig. the name of the noted prison in Southwark, England. [Colloq.]

``I'm here in the clink.'' --Kipling.

Source: 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.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Clink \Clink\ (kl[i^][ng]k), v. i.

1. To give out a slight, sharp, tinkling sound. ``The clinking latch.'' --Tennyson.

2. To rhyme. [Humorous]. --Cowper.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

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

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)