Clinking glasses is a drinking ritual where the participants make contact[1] between their drinking vessels, producing bell-like[2] sounds in order to express congratulations or greetings,[3] Clinking is more likely after a toast that involves a subject of joint interest (like the just-wedded couple).[4]
- ^ Visser 2015, p. 220.
- ^ Anderson 1984, p. 139.
- ^ Ushakov 1940.
- ^ Martin 2014, p. 2163.