Why clink while drinking?
They clink glasses and drink.
We heard clink come from that room.
Don't clink and drink in Hungary.
She knows you were in the clink.
IN THE DRAGON's COCKPIT, Quaritch laughs as arrows clink.
I heard the clink of COINS in his pockets.
You'd better start behaving yourself or you'll end up in the clink young man!
Q: Why do people clink their glasses before drinking a toast?
In the hallway outside, a scuffle of feet. A clink of metal.
He sat, gazing downward, and gradually thought he heard the old voices and the clink of glasses.
The king cursed the courtiers and clapped them quickly into clink for taking prescriptions from a quack doctor.
Etiquette mavens say one need not clink glasses with everyone present when participating in toasts among large assemblies.
Ravenous, they ate and drank, and for a while there was silence but for the crackle of the fire, the clink of goblets, and the sound of chewing.
In time the hat gave way to the modern collection basket or tray lined with velvet or felt to muffle the clink of dropped COINS.
Simply pour him a drink and he'll jovially clink glasses with you, before downing the liquid in a single manly gulp.
Stir your tea correctly – do not 'clink' your spoon against the cup and do not leave it in the cup! Stir back and forth not around in circles.
To get at the real reason for the clink of glass on glass, we have to first look at why and how we toast, and where the practice originated.
