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Chink

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Noun

1. chinaman, chink

(ethnic slur) offensive term for a person of Chinese descent

2. chink

a narrow opening as e.g. between planks in a wall

3. chink, click, clink

a short light metallic sound

Verb

4. chink, clink, tink, tinkle

make or emit a high sound

Example Sentences:
'tinkling bells'

5. chink

fill the chinks of, as with caulking

6. check, chink

make cracks or chinks in

Example Sentences:
'The heat checked the paint'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Chink

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noun
1. 
a small narrow opening, such as a fissure or crack
2.  chink in one's armour
verb
3. (transitive) mainly US and Canadian
to fill up or make cracks in
verb
1. 
to make or cause to make a light ringing sound, as by the striking of glasses or coins
noun
2. 
such a sound
nounWord forms: plural Chinks or Chinkiesadjective
an old-fashioned and offensive term for Chinese

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Chink

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noun, adjective
[also c-]; Slang
Chinese
, a contemptuous or patronizing term no longer much used
noun
1. 
a narrow opening; crack; fissure; slit
verb transitive
2. 
to close up the chinks in
3.  Obsolete
to form chinks in
noun
1. 
a sharp, clinking sound, as of coins striking together
2.  Slang, Obsolete
coin or cash
verb intransitive, verb transitive
3. 
to make or cause to make a sharp, clinking sound

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Chink

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n.
A narrow opening, such as a crack or fissure.
tr.v. chinked, chink·ing, chinks
1. To make narrow openings in.
2. To fill narrow openings in.
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.
n.
Offensive Slang
Used as a disparaging term for a person of Chinese birth or descent.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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