chink
Short definition from Wiktionary
Noun
- A narrow opening such as a fissure or crack.
- A narrow opening such as a fissure or crack: A narrow beam or patch of light admitted by such an opening.
- A chip or dent in something metallic.
- A vulnerability or flaw in a protection system or in any otherwise formidable system.
- A slight sound as of metal objects touching each other; a clink.
- Ready money, especially in the form of coins.
- Alternative form of kink (“gasp for breath”).
- Alternative letter-case form of Chink.
- A person of perceived Chinese ethnicity or descent.
- A person of perceived East Asian descent.
- A meal of Chinese food.
Verb
- To fill an opening such as the space between logs in a log house with chinking; to caulk.
- To crack; to open.
- To cause to open in cracks or fissures.
- To make a slight sound like that of metal objects touching.
- To cause to make a sharp metallic sound, as coins, small pieces of metal, etc., by bringing them into collision with each other.
- Alternative form of kink (“gasp for breath”).
Adjective
- Chinese, or perceived to be Chinese.
- East Asian.
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