Australian English Meaning of chink
chink
Other Australian English words related to chink
Nearest Words of chink
- chingpo => chingpo
- ch'ing dynasty => Qing dynasty
- ch'ing => ch'ing'
- chinese-red => chinese-red
- chinese yam => Chinese yam
- chinese wood oil => Chinese wood oil
- chinese wistaria => Chinese wisteria
- chinese white cabbage => Chinese cabbage
- chinese white => Chinese white
- chinese water chestnut => Chinese water chestnut
Definitions and Meaning of chink in English
chink (n)
(ethnic slur) offensive term for a person of Chinese descent
a narrow opening as e.g. between planks in a wall
a short light metallic sound
chink (v)
make or emit a high sound
fill the chinks of, as with caulking
make cracks or chinks in
chink (n.)
A small cleft, rent, or fissure, of greater length than breadth; a gap or crack; as, the chinks of wall.
A short, sharp sound, as of metal struck with a slight degree of violence.
Money; cash.
chink (v. i.)
To crack; to open.
To make a slight, sharp, metallic sound, as by the collision of little pieces of money, or other small sonorous bodies.
chink (v. t.)
To cause to open in cracks or fissures.
To fill up the chinks of; as, to chink a wall.
To cause to make a sharp metallic sound, as coins, small pieces of metal, etc., by bringing them into collision with each other.
FAQs About the word chink
chink
(ethnic slur) offensive term for a person of Chinese descent, a narrow opening as e.g. between planks in a wall, a short light metallic sound, make or emit a hi
Back,jugular,Soft spot,underbelly,Achilles' heel,downfall,undoing,Hamartia,ruin,Fatal flaw
No antonyms found.
chingpo => chingpo, ch'ing dynasty => Qing dynasty, ch'ing => ch'ing', chinese-red => chinese-red, chinese yam => Chinese yam,
