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chink

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Noun

  1. A narrow opening such as a fissure or crack.
  2. A narrow opening such as a fissure or crack: A narrow beam or patch of light admitted by such an opening.
  3. A chip or dent in something metallic.
  4. A vulnerability or flaw in a protection system or in any otherwise formidable system.
  5. A slight sound as of metal objects touching each other; a clink.
  6. Ready money, especially in the form of coins.
  7. Alternative form of kink (“gasp for breath”).
  8. Alternative letter-case form of Chink.
  9. A person of perceived Chinese ethnicity or descent.
  10. A person of perceived East Asian descent.
  11. A meal of Chinese food.

Verb

  1. To fill an opening such as the space between logs in a log house with chinking; to caulk.
  2. To crack; to open.
  3. To cause to open in cracks or fissures.
  4. To make a slight sound like that of metal objects touching.
  5. To cause to make a sharp metallic sound, as coins, small pieces of metal, etc., by bringing them into collision with each other.
  6. Alternative form of kink (“gasp for breath”).

Adjective

  1. Chinese, or perceived to be Chinese.
  2. East Asian.

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