1 : to make sounds like the sounds of a small bell [no obj] ▪ The ice tinkled in the glass. ▪ A piano was tinkling in the background. [+ obj] ▪ He tinkled a small bell. 2 [no obj] informal : to pass urine from the body : urinate — used especially by small children ▪ The little boy said he had to tinkle.





