From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Chink \Chink\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Chinked} (ch[i^][ng]kt); p.
pr. & vb. n. {Chinking}.]
To crack; to open.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Chink \Chink\, v. t.
1. To cause to open in cracks or fissures.
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2. To fill up the chinks of; as, to chink a wall.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Chink \Chink\, n. [Of imitative origin. Cf. {Jingle}.]
1. A short, sharp sound, as of metal struck with a slight
degree of violence. "Chink of bell." --Cowper.
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2. Money; cash. [Cant] "To leave his chink to better hands."
--Somerville.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Chink \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. --Pope.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Chink \Chink\, v. i.
To make a slight, sharp, metallic sound, as by the collision
of little pieces of money, or other small sonorous bodies.
--Arbuthnot.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Chink \Chink\ (ch[i^][ng]k), n. [OE. chine, AS. c[imac]ne
fissure, chink, fr. c[imac]nan to gape; akin to Goth. Keinan
to sprout, G. keimen. Cf. {Chit}.]
A small cleft, rent, or fissure, of greater length than
breadth; a gap or crack; as, the chinks of a wall.
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Through one cloudless chink, in a black, stormy sky.
Shines out the dewy morning star. --Macaulay.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Chink \Chink\ (ch[i^][ng]k), n. [From chinaman.]
a chinaman; a chinese person; -- disparaging and offensive.
[slang]
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
chink
n 1: (ethnic slur) offensive term for a person of Chinese
descent [syn: {chink}, {Chinaman}]
2: a narrow opening as e.g. between planks in a wall
3: a short light metallic sound [syn: {chink}, {click}, {clink}]
v 1: make or emit a high sound; "tinkling bells" [syn: {tinkle},
{tink}, {clink}, {chink}]
2: fill the chinks of, as with caulking
3: make cracks or chinks in; "The heat checked the paint" [syn:
{check}, {chink}]
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