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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
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
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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