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Definitions for Chink

[1] a crack, cleft, or fissure: a chink in a wall.
[2] a narrow opening: a chink between two buildings.
[3] to fill up chinks in.
[4] to make, or cause to make, a short, sharp, ringing sound, as of coins or glasses striking together.
[5] a chinking sound: the chink of ice in a glass.
[6] Slang . coin or ready cash.
[7] a contemptuous term used to refer to a Chinese person.
[8] a small narrow opening, such as a fissure or crack
[9] chink in one's armour a small but fatal weakness
[10] (tr) mainly US and Canadian to fill up or make cracks in
[11] to make or cause to make a light ringing sound, as by the striking of glasses or coins
[12] such a sound
[13] an old-fashioned and highly derogatory term for Chinese

Words related to Chink

crevice, fissure, slot, rift, cut, space, gap, slit, crack, aperture, cleft, hole

Words nearby Chink

chingtao, chingtechen, chinhuangtao, chinic acid, chinju, chink, chink in one's armor, chinkapin, chinkiang, chinless, chinless wonder

Origin of Chink

1900–05; earlier Chinkie apparently alteration of China, Chinese by association with chink1 (from the stereotypical Western image of Chinese as narrow-eyed); see -ie

Word origin for Chink

C20: probably from Chinese, influenced by chink 1 (referring to the characteristic shape of the Chinese eye)

Synonyms for Chink

crevice, fissure, aperture, cleft, crack, cut, gap, hole, rift, slit, slot, space