Synonyms of clinks

clinks 1 of 2

noun

plural of clink, slang

as in jails

a place of confinement for persons held in lawful custody

I once spent a night in the clink, and it's an experience I don't want to repeat

Synonyms & Similar Words

• jails
• penitentiaries
• prisons
• brigs
• jugs
• pens
• stirs
• cans
• nicks
• coolers
• hocks
• slams
• cages
• stockades
• big houses
• coops
• lockups
• pokeys
• holds
• joints
• tanks
• guardrooms
• slammers
• bastilles
• tolbooths
• bridewells
• hoosegows
• quods
• jailhouses
• calabooses
• dungeons
• cells
• bull pens
• holes
• wards
• keeps
• hulks
• concentration camps
• labor camps
• work camps
• prison camps
• guardhouses
• blocks
• glasshouses
• gulags
• reformatories
• reform schools
• training schools
• stalags
• oubliettes

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• outsides

clinks

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of clink

as in tinkles

to make a repeated sharp light ringing sound

coins clinking in his pocket as he traipsed down the street

Synonyms & Similar Words

• tinkles
• jingles
• rings
• rattles
• chimes
• chinks
• tingles
• clangs
• clanks
• clatters
• clacks
• clashes
• jangles
• crashes
• pings
• clangors
• dings
• plinks
• gongs
• ding-dongs