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7 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Chink \Chink\, n. [OE. chine, AS c[=i]ne fissure, chink, fr c[=i]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 wall. Through one cloudless chink, in a black, stormy sky. Shines out the dewy morning star. --Macaulay. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Chink \Chink\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Chinked}; p. pr & vb n. {Chinking}.] To crack; to open From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Chink \Chink\, v. t. 1. To cause to open in cracks or fissures. 2. To fill up the chinks of as to chink a wall. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. 2. Money; cash. [Cant] ``To leave his chink to better hands.'' --Somerville. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: chink n 1: offensive terms for a person of Chinese descent [syn: {Chinaman}] 2: a narrow opening as e.g. between planks in a wall 3: a short light metallic sound [syn: {click}, {clink}] v 1: make or emit a high tinkling sound [syn: {tinkle}, {tink}, {clink}] 2: fill the chinks of as with caulking 3: make cracks or chinks in "The heat checked the paint" [syn: {check}]
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