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Audio Help [chingk] Pronunciation Key –noun
–verb (used with object)
| 1. | a crack, cleft, or fissure: a chink in a wall. |
| 2. | a narrow opening: a chink between two buildings. |
| 3. | to fill up chinks in. |
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Audio Help [chingk] Pronunciation Key –verb (used with object), verb (used without object)
–noun
| 1. | to make, or cause to make, a short, sharp, ringing sound, as of coins or glasses striking together. |
| 2. | a chinking sound: the chink of ice in a glass. |
| 3. | Slang. coin or ready cash. |
[Origin: 1565–75; imit.
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Chink
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Audio Help [chingk] Pronunciation Key –noun (sometimes lowercase
) Slang: Disparaging and Offensive.
) Slang: Disparaging and Offensive. | a Chinese. |
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| chink 1
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n. A narrow opening, such as a crack or fissure. tr.v. chinked, chink·ing, chinks
[Probably alteration of obsolete chine, from Middle English, crack, from Old English cine.] chink'y adj. |
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| chink 2
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n. A slight, metallic sound, as of coins rattling in a pocket. intr. & tr.v. chinked, chink·ing, chinks To make or cause to make a slight, metallic sound. [Imitative.] |
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| Chink
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n. Offensive Slang Used as a disparaging term for person of Chinese birth or descent. [Probably alteration of Chinese.] |
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chink
"slit," 1535, from M.E. chine (with parasitic -k) from O.E. cinu "fissure," related to cinan "to crack, split, gape," from PIE base *gei-, *gi- "to germinate, bloom," connection being in the notion of bursting open. The unrelated derogatory slang word for "a Chinaman" first recorded 1901.
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| chink | |
noun | |
| 1. | (ethnic slur) offensive term for a person of Chinese descent |
| 2. | a narrow opening as e.g. between planks in a wall |
| 3. | a short light metallic sound |
verb | |
| 1. | make or emit a high sound; "tinkling bells" [syn: tinkle] |
| 2. | fill the chinks of, as with caulking |
| 3. | make cracks or chinks in; "The heat checked the paint" [syn: check] |
| WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University. |
chink [tʃiŋk] noun
a narrow opening
Example: a chink in the curtains; There was no chink of light in the room.
Example: a chink in the curtains; There was no chink of light in the room.
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Chink
Chine\, n. [Cf. Chink.] A chink or cleft; a narrow and deep ravine; as, Shanklin Chine in the Isle of Wight, a quarter of a mile long and 230 feet deep. [Prov. Eng.] "The cottage in a chine." --J. Ingelow.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
Chink
Chink\, n. [OE. chine, AS. c[=i]ne fissure, chink, fr. c[=i]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 wall. Through one cloudless chink, in a black, stormy sky. Shines out the dewy morning star. --Macaulay.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
Chink
Chink\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Chinked; p. pr. & vb. n. Chinking.] To crack; to open.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
Chink
Chink\, v. t. 1. To cause to open in cracks or fissures. 2. To fill up the chinks of; as, to chink a wall.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
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. 2. Money; cash. [Cant] "To leave his chink to better hands." --Somerville.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
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