chink
1a crack, cleft, or fissure: a chink in a wall.
a narrow opening: a chink between two buildings.
to fill up chinks in.
Origin of chink
1Other words for chink
Words Nearby chink
Other definitions for chink (2 of 3)
to make, or cause to make, a short, sharp, ringing sound, as of coins or glasses striking together.
a chinking sound: the chink of ice in a glass.
Slang. coin or ready cash.
Origin of chink
2Other definitions for Chink (3 of 3)
a contemptuous term used to refer to a Chinese person.
Origin of Chink
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How to use chink in a sentence
“We were raised with this mystique about the accident being the chink in this important legacy,” she says.
The Price of Being a Patton: Wrestling With the Legacy of America’s Most Famous General | Tim Teeman | May 26, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTIn letting one of the company out she incautiously stood looking through the open chink into the dark passage.
The Garret and the Garden | R.M. BallantyneI found a chink in the wall and beheld the face of the Englishman peering from the small end window.
A Virginia Scout | Hugh PendexterMysie dashed the warm tears from her eyes, and looked again through the chink in the shutter.
The Underworld | James C. WelshAnd whenever at work he happened to spy At chink or crevice a blinking eye, He let the dipper of water fly.
The Book of Humorous Verse | Various
According to Skeat jingle, “a frequentative verb from the base jink,” is allied to chink, and chink is “an imitative word”.
Archaic England | Harold Bayley
British Dictionary definitions for chink (1 of 3)
/ (tʃɪŋk) /
a small narrow opening, such as a fissure or crack
chink in one's armour a small but fatal weakness
(tr) mainly US and Canadian to fill up or make cracks in
Origin of chink
1Derived forms of chink
- chinky, adjective
British Dictionary definitions for chink (2 of 3)
/ (tʃɪŋk) /
to make or cause to make a light ringing sound, as by the striking of glasses or coins
such a sound
Origin of chink
2British Dictionary definitions for Chink (3 of 3)
taboo Chinky (ˈtʃɪŋkɪ)
/ (tʃɪŋk) /
Origin of Chink
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