chink

Noun · Verb
Synonyms: Chinamanclickclinktinkletinkcheck

WordNet 3.0

Noun (3)

  1. (ethnic slur) offensive term for a person of Chinese descentSynonyms: Chinaman
  2. a narrow opening as e.g. between planks in a wall
  3. a short light metallic soundSynonyms: clickclink

Verb (3)

  1. make or emit a high sound“tinkling bells”Synonyms: tinkletinkclink
  2. fill the chinks of, as with caulking
  3. make cracks or chinks in“The heat checked the paint”Synonyms: check
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Chink \Chink\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Chinked (ch[i^][ng]kt); p. pr. & vb. n. Chinking.] To crack; to open. [1913 Webster]
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]

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]

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]
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]
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]

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