tinkle Copy link Outline 1. tinnio, īvi or ii, ītum, 42. crĕpĭto, 1 (the context determining the sound) • tinkle: 1. tinnio, īvi or ii, ītum, 4: the bell t.s, tinnit tintinnabulum, Pl. Trin. 4, 2, 162. 2. crĕpĭto, 1 (the context determining the sound): the metal leaf t.d in the gentle breeze, leni crepitabat bractea vento, Virg. Aen. 6, 209: they had not yet heard the swords t. (ring) on the hard anvils, necdum audierant duris crepitare incudibus enses, id. G. 2, 540.