Chink

n.	1.	A small cleft, rent, or fissure, of greater length than breadth; a gap or crack; as, the chinks of a wall. Through one cloudless chink, in a black, stormy sky. Shines out the dewy morning star. - Macaulay.
	1.	a chinaman; a chinese person; - disparaging and offensive.
v. i.	1.	To crack; to open. [imp. & p. p. Chinked (chĭņkt); p. pr. & vb. n. Chinking.]
v. t.	1.	To cause to open in cracks or fissures.
	2.	To fill up the chinks of; as, to chink a wall.
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 Synonyms: click, clink
Verb	1.	chink - make or emit a high sound; "tinkling bells" Synonyms: tink, tinkle, clink
	2.	chink - fill the chinks of, as with caulking
	3.	chink - make cracks or chinks in; "The heat checked the paint" Synonyms: check

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