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.

Tinkling \Tin"kling\, n.
   1. A tinkle, or succession of tinkles.

            Drowsy tinklings lull the distant folds. --Gray.

   2. (Zo["o]l.) A grackle ({Quiscalus crassirostris}) native of
      Jamaica. It often associates with domestic cattle, and
      rids them of insects.

Source : WordNet®

tinkling
     adj : like the short high ringing sound of a small bell; "sounding
           brass and a tinkling cymbal" [syn: {tinkly}]