Uk English Meaning of chink

chink

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Definitions and Meaning of chink in English

Wordnet

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

Wordnet

chink (v)

make or emit a high sound

fill the chinks of, as with caulking

make cracks or chinks in

Webster

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.

Webster

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.

Webster

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

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