noun Chink n. A small cleft, rent, or fissure, of greater length than breadth; a gap or crack; as, the chinks of a wall. "Through one cloudless chink, in a black, stormy sky. Shines out the dewy morning star."
Chink n. A chinaman; a chinese person; disparaging and offensive. (slang)
Chink n. 1.A short, sharp sound, as of metal struck with a slight degree of violence. "Chink of bell." 2.Money; cash. (Cant) "To leave his chink to better hands."
verb Chink v. t. 1.To cause to open in cracks or fissures. 2.To fill up the chinks of; as, to chink a wall.
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.
Chink v. i. (past & past part. chinked; pres. part. chinking) To crack; to open.
Chink v. i. To make a slight, sharp, metallic sound, as by the collision of little pieces of money, or other small sonorous bodies.
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