noun. Crackling: a term used by file-makers.

verb. Present participle of clink.

noun. A noise that clinks.

adjective. like the light sharp ringing sound of glasses being tapped

"But there are far too many sassy waitresses, far too much Jim Beam in clinking glasses, far too many people reckoning instead of thinking – far too much caricature instead of character, in other words."

reverberant  

Alfredo  Trilling  chiming  chink  chirp  

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