Chink

[Chink]

A chink is a very narrow opening or crack. A chink in your bedroom curtains might let enough early morning sunlight in that you'll wake up before your alarm goes off.

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

Noun
a short light metallic sound

Noun
a narrow opening as e.g. between planks in a wall

Noun
offensive terms for a person of Chinese descent

Verb
make cracks or chinks in; "The heat checked the paint"

Verb
fill the chinks of, as with caulking

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Verb
make or emit a high sound; "tinkling bells"

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

v. i.
To crack; to open.

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

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

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

n.
Money; cash.

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.

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

Chink

Chink , n. [OE. chine, AS. c'c6ne fissure, chink, fr. c'c6nan to gape; akin to Goth. Keinan to sprout, G. keimen. Cf. Chit.] 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.

Chink

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

Chink

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

Chink, n. [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

Chink, 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. Pope.

Chink

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

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

To crack; to open.

To cause to open in cracks or fissures.

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

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

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

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Usage Examples

Americans are cool if you show just a chink of vulnerability, they respond so much. They'll pat you on the arm and say, 'Hey kid, you're all right.' Brits will respond but they are much more cynical.

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