Definition of chink

noun (n)

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

  Synonym: chinaman
  

  source: wordnet30
• a narrow opening as e.g. between planks in a wall (noun.object)

  source: wordnet30
• a short light metallic sound (noun.event)

  Synonym: click, clink
  

  source: wordnet30
• A small cleft, rent, or fissure, of greater length than breadth; a gap or crack; as, the chinks of a wall. (noun)

  source: webster1913
• A short, sharp sound, as of metal struck with a slight degree of violence. (noun)

  source: webster1913

verb (v)

• make or emit a high sound (verb.perception)

  Synonym: clink, tink, tinkle
  

  source: wordnet30
• fill the chinks of, as with caulking (verb.contact)

  source: wordnet30
• make cracks or chinks in (verb.change)

  Synonym: check
  

  source: wordnet30
• To crack; to open. (verb)

  source: webster1913
• To cause to open in cracks or fissures. (verb)

  source: webster1913
• To cause to make a sharp metallic sound, as coins, small pieces of metal, etc., by bringing them into collision with each other. (verb)

  source: webster1913
• To make a slight, sharp, metallic sound, as by the collision of little pieces of money, or other small sonorous bodies. (verb)

  source: webster1913

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