English dictionary

chink

/tS//I//N/k/

Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.

noun

(ethnic slur) offensive term for a person of Chinese descent

noun.person

Synonyms chinaman

Source: WordNet 3.0
a narrow opening as e.g. between planks in a wall

noun.object

Source: WordNet 3.0
a short light metallic sound

noun.event

Synonyms click clink

Source: WordNet 3.0
A small cleft, rent, or fissure, of greater length than breadth; a gap or crack; as, the <i>chinks</i> of a wall.

noun

Source: webster1913
A short, sharp sound, as of metal struck with a slight degree of violence.

noun

Source: webster1913

make or emit a high sound

verb.perception

Synonyms clink tink tinkle

Source: WordNet 3.0
fill the chinks of, as with caulking

verb.contact

Source: WordNet 3.0
make cracks or chinks in

verb.change

Synonyms check

Source: WordNet 3.0
To crack; to open.

verb

Source: webster1913
To cause to open in cracks or fissures.

verb

Source: webster1913
To cause to make a sharp metallic sound, as coins, small pieces of metal, etc., by bringing them into collision with each other.

verb

Source: webster1913
To make a slight, sharp, metallic sound, as by the collision of little pieces of money, or other small sonorous bodies.

verb

Source: webster1913