Definition of chink Chink
/Κ§ΙͺΛΕk/ - [chingk] - chink
We found 30 definitions of chink from 8 different sources.
What does chink mean?
WordNet
NounPlural: chinks |
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| chink - a short light metallic sound | ||
| click, clink | ||
| sound the particular auditory effect produced by a given cause; "the sound of rain on the roof"; "the beautiful sound of music" | ||
| chink - (ethnic slur) offensive term for a person of Chinese descent | ||
| Chinaman | ||
| chinese any of the Sino-Tibetan languages spoken in China; regarded as dialects of a single language (even though they are mutually unintelligible) because they share an ideographic writing system | ||
| derogation, disparagement, depreciation (law) the partial taking away of the effectiveness of a law; a partial repeal or abolition of a law; "any derogation of the common law is to be strictly construed" | ||
| ethnic slur a slur on someone's race or language | ||
| chink - a narrow opening as e.g. between planks in a wall | ||
| scissure, cleft, crevice, fissure, crack a split or indentation in something (as the palate or chin) | ||
Verb |
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| chink - fill the chinks of, as with caulking | ||
| stop up, plug, secure insert as a plug; "She plugged a cork in the wine bottle" | ||
| chink - make cracks or chinks in; "The heat checked the paint" | ||
| check | ||
| crack break into simpler molecules by means of heat; "The petroleum cracked" | ||
| chink - make or emit a high sound; "tinkling bells" | ||
| tinkle, tink, clink | ||
| sound, go appear in a certain way; "This sounds interesting" | ||
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Wiktionary 
- chink (Noun)
A narrow opening such as a fissure or crack. - chink (Noun)
A chip or dent in something metallic. - chink (Noun)
A vulnerability or flaw in a protection system or in any otherwise formidable system, idiomatically derived from the phrase "chink in armor". - chink (Noun)
Coin or ready cash. - chink (Noun)
A slight sound as of metal objects touching each other. - chink (Noun)
Ready money, especially in the form of coins. - chink (Verb)
To fill an opening such as the space between logs in a log house with chinking; to caulk. - chink (Verb)
To crack; to open. - chink (Verb)
To make a slight sound like that of metal objects touching.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary π
- chink (n.)
A small cleft, rent, or fissure, of greater length than breadth; a gap or crack; as, the chinks of wall. - chink (v. i.)
To crack; to open. - chink (v. t.)
To cause to open in cracks or fissures. - chink (v. t.)
To fill up the chinks of; as, to chink a wall. - chink (n.)
A short, sharp sound, as of metal struck with a slight degree of violence. - chink (n.)
Money; cash. - 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.)
To make a slight, sharp, metallic sound, as by the collision of little pieces of money, or other small sonorous bodies.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary π
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chink
chingk, n. a cleft, a narrow opening.βv.i. to crack.βv.t. to fill up cracks.βadj. Chinkβ²y, full of chinks. [Apparently formed upon M. E. chine, a crackβA.S. cinu, a cleft.] -
chink
chingk, n. the clink, as of coins.βv.i. to give forth a sharp sound. [From the sound.] -
chink
chingk, n. a gasp for breath.βv.i. to gaspβthe northern form Kink. [Cf. Dut. kinken, to cough; Ger. keichen, to gasp.]
Vulgar Tongue DictionaryDictionary of the Vulgar Tongue π
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chink
Money.
Proverbs DictionaryProverbs Dictionary π
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chink
So we have the chink, we'll bear the stink.
Wikipedia 
- Chink is a rude and derogatory insult for a Chinese person. It can also mean a small crack in something, or a sound made by coins. This usage is not considered offensive.
