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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun, verb |
| Definition: | bang against, ring |
| Synonyms: | chink, clang, jangle, jingle, sound, tingle, tinkle |
| Main Entry: | clank |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | clang, clatter |
| Synonyms: | bong, clash, clink, jangle, make noise, resound, reverberate, ring, toll |
| Main Entry: | jail |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | place for incarceration |
| Synonyms: | bastille, black hole, brig, bullpen, can*, cell, clink, cooler, detention camp, dungeon, house of correction, inside*, jailhouse, joint*, lockup, pen, penal institution, penitentiary, pound, prison, rack, reformatory, slammer, solitary*, stir*, stockade, up the river |
| Notes: | a jail is a short-term detention facility for those awaiting trial or convicted of minor offenses; a prison or penitentiary is a long-term detention facility for those convicted of major offenses |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | jingle |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make metallic clinking noise |
| Synonyms: | chime, chink, chinkle, clamor, clang, clatter, clink, ding, jangle, rattle, reverberate, ring, sound, tingle, tinkle, tintannabulate |
| Main Entry: | prison |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | residence for incarcerating criminals |
| Synonyms: | G, bastille, can*, clink, confinement, cooler, dungeon, guardhouse, jail, keep, lockup, pen*, penal institution, penitentiary, reformatory, slammer, statesville, stockade, up the river |
| Notes: | a jail is a short-term detention facility for those awaiting trial or convicted of minor offenses; a prison or penitentiary is a long-term detention facility for those convicted of major offenses |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | sound |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | produce noise |
| Synonyms: | babble, bang, bark, blare, blow, boom, burst, buzz, cackle, chatter, clack, clang, clank, clap, clatter, clink, crash, creak, detonate, echo, emit, explode, hum, jabber, jangle, jar, moan, murmur, patter, play, rattle, reflect, resonate, resound, reverberate, ring, roar, rumble, shout, shriek, shrill, sing, slam, smash, snort, squawk, thud, thump, thunder, toot, trumpet, vibrate, whine, whisper |
| Antonyms: | quiet |
| Main Entry: | stockade |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | enclosure; jail |
| Synonyms: | barrier, cage, camp, can*, cell, clink, cooler, coop, corral, detention camp, dungeon, fence, jailhouse, joint*, pen, penal institution, penitentiary, pound, prison, protection, slammer, sty |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | tinkle |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | jingle, ring |
| Synonyms: | chime, chink, chinkle, clink, ding, jangle, make bell sound, plink, sound, ting, tingle, tintinnabulate |
| Main Entry: | ping |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | noise |
| Synonyms: | clink, knock, sound, ting |
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