n. | 1. | A small cleft, rent, or fissure, of greater length than breadth; a gap or crack; |
1. | a chinaman; a chinese person; - disparaging and offensive. | |
v. i. | 1. | To crack; to open. |
v. t. | 1. | To cause to open in cracks or fissures. |
2. | To fill up the chinks of; | |
n. | 1. | A short, sharp sound, as of metal struck with a slight degree of violence. |
2. | Money; cash. | |
v. t. | 1. | To cause to make a sharp metallic sound, as coins, small pieces of metal, etc., by bringing them into collision with each other. |
v. i. | 1. | To make a slight, sharp, metallic sound, as by the collision of little pieces of money, or other small sonorous bodies. |
Noun | 1. | chink - offensive terms for a person of Chinese descent Synonyms: Chinaman |
2. | chink - a narrow opening as e.g. between planks in a wall | |
3. | chink - a short light metallic sound | |
Verb | 1. | chink - make or emit a high sound; "tinkling bells" |
2. | chink - fill the chinks of, as with caulking | |
3. | chink - make cracks or chinks in; "The heat checked the paint" Synonyms: check |