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. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

Chink

n. [ OE. chine, AS. cīne fissure, chink, fr. cīnan 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

Through one cloudless chink, in a black, stormy sky.
Shines out the dewy morning star. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

Chink

n. [ From chinaman. ] a chinaman; a chinese person; -- disparaging and offensive. [ slang ] [ PJC ]

Chink

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Chinked p. pr. & vb. n. Chinking. ] To crack; to open. [ 1913 Webster ]

Chink

v. t. 1. To cause to open in cracks or fissures. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To fill up the chinks of; as, to chink a wall. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Money; cash. [ Cant ] “To leave his chink to better hands.” Somerville. [ 1913 Webster ]

Chinky

a. Full of chinks or fissures; gaping; opening in narrow clefts. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

German-English: TU-Chemnitz DING DictionaryDING DE-EN Dictionary

Spalte { f } | Spalten { pl }

chink | chinks[Add to Longdo]

Japanese-English: EDICT DictionaryEDICT JP-EN Dictionary

パチンコ(P);ぱちんこ

[pachinko (P); pachinko](n, vs) (1) (usu. パチンコ) pachinko (Japanese pinball); (2) slingshot; catapult; (P)#7736[Add to Longdo]

賃金(P);賃銀

[ちんぎん(P);ちんきん(賃金), chingin (P); chinkin ( chingin )](n, adj-no) (1) wages; (n) (2) (ちんきん only) cash payment of rent; (P)#9293[Add to Longdo]

隙(P);透き

[すき(P);げき(隙);ひま(隙);すきけ(隙), suki (P); geki ( geki ); hima ( geki ); sukike ( geki )](n) (1) gap; space; (2) (すき only) break; interlude; interval; (3) (すき, げき, ひま only) chink (in one's armor, armour); chance; opportunity; (4) (げき, ひま only) breach (of a relationship between people); (P)#10692[Add to Longdo]

かちかち(P);こちこち(P);カチカチ;コチコチ

[kachikachi (P); kochikochi (P); kachikachi ; kochikochi](adv-to, adv) (1) (on-mim) ticktock; (2) (on-mim) chinking (e.g. of a hammer against rock); knocking; (adj-no, adj-na) (3) (on-mim) dry and hard; (frozen) stiff; (4) (on-mim) hidebound; die-hard; stubborn; obstinate; bigoted; (5) (on-mim) scared stiff; tense; nervous; frightened; (P)[Add to Longdo]

がちんこ;ガチンコ

[gachinko ; gachinko](n) (sl) competing in earnest (esp. in sumo)[Add to Longdo]

きちんきちん

[kichinkichin](adv-to, adv) correctly; properly; accurately[Add to Longdo]

こちんこちん

[kochinkochin](adj-no, adj-na) (1) hard (due to freezing, drying, etc.); (2) wound up; tense[Add to Longdo]

じゃら付く;戯つく

[じゃらつく, jaratsuku](v5k, vi) (1) (uk) to jingle; to jangle; to clink; to chink; (2) to act lasciviously; to act coquettishly[Add to Longdo]

ちんけ;チンケ

[chinke ; chinke](adj-na) worst; poor and boring; uncool[Add to Longdo]

ちんこ

[chinko](n) (col) (vulg) penis[Add to Longdo]