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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (3)

1. (ethnic slur) offensive term for a person of Chinese descent;
[syn: chink, Chinaman]

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

3. a short light metallic sound;
[syn: chink, click, clink]


VERB (3)

1. make or emit a high sound;
- Example: "tinkling bells"
[syn: tinkle, tink, clink, chink]

2. fill the chinks of, as with caulking;

3. make cracks or chinks in;
- Example: "The heat checked the paint"
[syn: check, chink]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Chink \Chink\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Chinked (ch[i^][ng]kt); p. pr. & vb. n. Chinking.] To crack; to open. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Chink \Chink\ (ch[i^][ng]k), n. [From chinaman.] a chinaman; a chinese person; -- disparaging and offensive. [slang] [PJC]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

chink n 1: (ethnic slur) offensive term for a person of Chinese descent [syn: chink, Chinaman] 2: a narrow opening as e.g. between planks in a wall 3: a short light metallic sound [syn: chink, click, clink] v 1: make or emit a high sound; "tinkling bells" [syn: tinkle, tink, clink, chink] 2: fill the chinks of, as with caulking 3: make cracks or chinks in; "The heat checked the paint" [syn: check, chink]