English to English
chink
(/tS//I//N/k
)
noun (n)
- (ethnic slur) offensive term for a person of Chinese descent(noun.person)source: wordnet30
- a narrow opening as e.g. between planks in a wall(noun.object)source: wordnet30
- A small cleft, rent, or fissure, of greater length than breadth; a gap or crack; as, the chinks of a wall.(noun)source: webster1913
- A short, sharp sound, as of metal struck with a slight degree of violence.(noun)source: webster1913
verb (v)
- fill the chinks of, as with caulking(verb.contact)source: wordnet30
- To crack; to open.(verb)source: webster1913
- To cause to open in cracks or fissures.(verb)source: webster1913
- To cause to make a sharp metallic sound, as coins, small pieces of metal, etc., by bringing them into collision with each other.(verb)source: webster1913
- To make a slight, sharp, metallic sound, as by the collision of little pieces of money, or other small sonorous bodies.(verb)source: webster1913