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TINTINNABULATE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does tintinnabulate mean?
• TINTINNABULATE (verb)
The verb TINTINNABULATE has 1 sense:
1. ring or sound like a small bell
Familiarity information: TINTINNABULATE used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Ring or sound like a small bell
Classified under:
Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling
Hypernyms (to "tintinnabulate" is one way to...):
peal; ring (sound loudly and sonorously)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s
Derivation:
tintinnabulation (the sound of a bell ringing)
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