'Chink' definitions:

Definition of 'chink'

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noun
(ethnic slur) offensive term for a person of Chinese descent [syn: chink, Chinaman]
noun
A narrow opening as e.g. between planks in a wall
noun
A short light metallic sound [syn: chink, click, clink]
verb
Make or emit a high sound; "tinkling bells" [syn: tinkle, tink, clink, chink]
verb
Fill the chinks of, as with caulking
verb
Make cracks or chinks in; "The heat checked the paint" [syn: check, chink]

Definition of 'Chink'

From: GCIDE
  • Chink \Chink\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Chinked (ch[i^][ng]kt); p. pr. & vb. n. Chinking.] To crack; to open. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Chink'

From: GCIDE
  • Chink \Chink\, v. t.
  • 1. To cause to open in cracks or fissures. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To fill up the chinks of; as, to chink a wall. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Chink'

From: GCIDE
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. Money; cash. [Cant] "To leave his chink to better hands." --Somerville. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Chink'

From: GCIDE
  • 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. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Chink'

From: GCIDE
  • Chink \Chink\ (ch[i^][ng]k), n. [OE. chine, AS. c[imac]ne fissure, chink, fr. c[imac]nan 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 a wall. [1913 Webster]
  • Through one cloudless chink, in a black, stormy sky. Shines out the dewy morning star. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Chink'

From: GCIDE
  • Chink \Chink\ (ch[i^][ng]k), n. [From chinaman.] a chinaman; a chinese person; -- disparaging and offensive. [slang] [PJC]

Definition of 'Chink'

From: GCIDE
  • 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. [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'chink'

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