"tinkling" in the verb sense
1. tinkle, tink, clink, chink
make or emit a high sound
"tinkling bells"
"tinkling" in the adjective sense
1. tinkling, tinkly
like the short high ringing sound of a small bell
"sounding brass and a tinkling cymbal"
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