CHINK

chink, click, clink

(noun) a short light metallic sound

chink

(noun) a narrow opening as e.g. between planks in a wall

chink, Chinaman

(noun) (ethnic slur) offensive term for a person of Chinese descent

check, chink

(verb) make cracks or chinks in; “The heat checked the paint”

chink

(verb) fill the chinks of, as with caulking

tinkle, tink, clink, chink

(verb) make or emit a high sound; “tinkling bells”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology 1

Noun

chink (plural chinks)

A narrow opening such as a fissure or crack.

A chip or dent in something metallic.

(figuratively) A vulnerability or flaw in a protection system or in any otherwise formidable system.

Verb

chink (third-person singular simple present chinks, present participle chinking, simple past and past participle chinked)

(transitive) To fill an opening such as the space between logs in a log house with chinking; to caulk.

(intransitive) To crack; to open.

(transitive) To cause to open in cracks or fissures.

Etymology 2

Onomatopoeic.

Noun

chink (plural chinks)

A slight sound as of metal objects touching each other; a clink.

(colloquial, now, rare) Ready money, especially in the form of coins.

Verb

chink (third-person singular simple present chinks, present participle chinking, simple past and past participle chinked)

(intransitive) To make a slight sound like that of metal objects touching.

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

Etymology 3

Noun

chink (plural chinks)

Alternative form of kink (“gasp for breath”)

Verb

chink (third-person singular simple present chinks, present participle chinking, simple past and past participle chinked)

Alternative form of kink (“gasp for breath”)

Etymology 4

Noun

chink (plural chinks)

Alternative form of Chink

Anagrams

• Hinck, Kinch

Etymology

Noun

Chink (plural Chinks)

(slang, offensive, ethnic slur) A person of perceived Chinese ethnicity.

Synonyms

• (Chinese person): Chinaman, gook

Adjective

Chink (comparative more Chink, superlative most Chink)

(slang, offensive, ethnic slur) Chinese, or perceived to be Chinese.

Anagrams

• Hinck, Kinch

Source: Wiktionary

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Chink, n. Etym: [OE. chine, AS. cine fissure, chink, fr. cinan to gape; akin to Goth. Keinan to sprout, G. keimen. Cf. Chit.]

Definition: A small cleft, rent, or fissure, of greater length than breadth; a gap or crack; as, the chinks of wall. Through one cloudless chink, in a black, stormy sky. Shines out the dewy morning star. Macaulay.

Chink, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Chinked; p. pr. & vb. n. Chinking.]

Definition: To crack; to open.

Chink, v. t.

1. To cause to open in cracks or fissures.

2. To fill up the chinks of; as, to chink a wall.

Chink, n. Etym: [Of imitative origin. Cf. Jingle.]

1. A short, sharp sound, as of metal struck with a slight degree of violence. "Chink of bell." Cowper.

2. Money; cash. [Cant] "To leave his chink to better hands." Somerville.

Chink, v. t.

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

Chink, v. i.

Definition: To make a slight, sharp, metallic sound, as by the collision of little pieces of money, or other small sonorous bodies. Arbuthnot.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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