Definition of Chink

1. Verb. Make or emit a high sound. "Tinkling bells"

Exact synonyms: Clink, Tink, Tinkle
Generic synonyms: Go, Sound
Derivative terms: Clink, Tinkle

2. Noun. (ethnic slur) offensive term for a person of Chinese descent.
Exact synonyms: Chinaman
Language type: Depreciation, Derogation, Disparagement, Ethnic Slur, Argot, Cant, Jargon, Lingo, Patois, Slang, Vernacular
Generic synonyms: Chinese

3. Verb. Fill the chinks of, as with caulking.
Generic synonyms: Plug, Secure, Stop Up

4. Noun. A narrow opening as e.g. between planks in a wall.
Generic synonyms: Cleft, Crack, Crevice, Fissure, Scissure

5. Verb. Make cracks or chinks in. "The heat checked the paint"
Exact synonyms: Check
Related verbs: Break, Check, Crack
Generic synonyms: Crack
Derivative terms: Check

6. Noun. A short light metallic sound.
Exact synonyms: Click, Clink
Generic synonyms: Sound
Derivative terms: Click, Click, Clink, Clink

Definition of Chink

1. n. A small cleft, rent, or fissure, of greater length than breadth; a gap or crack; as, the chinks of a wall.

2. v. i. To crack; to open.

3. v. t. To cause to open in cracks or fissures.

4. n. A short, sharp sound, as of metal struck with a slight degree of violence.

5. v. t. To cause to make a sharp metallic sound, as coins, small pieces of metal, etc., by bringing them into collision with each other.

6. v. i. To make a slight, sharp, metallic sound, as by the collision of little pieces of money, or other small sonorous bodies.

Definition of Chink

1. Noun. (slang ethnic slur pejorative) A Chinese person. ¹

2. Noun. A narrow opening such as a fissure or crack. ¹

3. Noun. A chip or dent (in something metallic). ¹

4. Noun. A vulnerability or flaw in a protection system or in any otherwise formidable system, idiomatically derived from the phrase "chink in armor". ¹

5. Noun. (slang) coin or ready cash (1565-75) ¹

6. Verb. To fill an opening such as the space between logs in a log house with chinking; to caulk. ¹

7. Noun. A slight sound as of metal objects touching each other. ¹

8. Noun. (context: colloquial now rare) Ready money, especially in the form of coins. ¹

9. Verb. To make a slight sound like that of metal objects touching. ¹

10. Noun. (alternative form of Chink) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Chink

1. to fill cracks or fissures in [v -ED, -ING, -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Chink

chined
chines
chinese hamster ovary cell
chinese restaurant syndrome
ching
ching chong
chingadera
chingaderas
chinging
chings
chinguard
chinguards
chinic acid
chining
chiniofon
chink (current term)
chink-a-chink
chink up
chinkapin
chinkapin oak
chinkapins
chinkara
chinkaras
chinked
chinkerinchee
chinkerinchees
chinkie
chinkier
chinkies
chinkiest

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