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1. WordNet® 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]
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2. 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.
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Chink \Chink\, v. t.
1. To cause to open in cracks or fissures.
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2. To fill up the chinks of; as, to chink a wall.
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4. 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.
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2. Money; cash. [Cant] "To leave his chink to better hands."
--Somerville.
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5. 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.
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6. 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.
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7. 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.
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Through one cloudless chink, in a black, stormy sky.
Shines out the dewy morning star. --Macaulay.
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8. 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]
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Thesaurus Results for chink:
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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 |
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