Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Tinkle \Tin"kle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Tinkled}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Tinkling}.]
   To cause to clonk, or make small, sharp, quick sounds.

Tinkle \Tin"kle\, n.
   A small, sharp, quick sound, as that made by striking metal.
   --Cowper.

Tinkershire \Tink"er*shire\, Tinkle \Tin"kle\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
   The common guillemot. [Prov. Eng.]

Tinkle \Tin"kle\, v. i. [Freq. of tink. See {Tink}, {Tingle}.]
   1. To make, or give forth, small, quick, sharp sounds, as a
      piece of metal does when struck; to clink.

            As sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal. --1 Cor.
                                                  xiii. 1.

            The sprightly horse Moves to the music of his
            tinkling bells.                       --Dodsley.

   2. To hear, or resound with, a small, sharp sound.

            And his ears tinkled, and the color fled. --Dryden.

Source : WordNet®

tinkle
     n : a light clear metallic sound as of a small bell [syn: {ting}]
     v : make or emit a high sound; "tinkling bells" [syn: {tink}, {clink},
          {chink}]