chink

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A Chinese person
To make a slight sound like that of metal objects touching
Ready money, especially in the form of coins

I thought that if all the hills about there were pure chink, and all belonged to me, I would give them if I could just talk to her when I wanted to .

A chip or dent (in something metallic)
problem; worry
Alternative form of Chink
To fill an opening such as the space between logs in a log house with chinking; to caulk
A slight sound as of metal objects touching each other
A narrow opening such as a fissure or crack

Yet I did not give way, but settled to wait for the dawn, which must, I knew, be now at hand; for then I thought enough light would come through the chinks of the tomb above to show me how to set to work.

{n} a small opening
{v} to sound like money
{i} (Slang) Chinese person, one of Chinese origin (derogatory)
A small cleft, rent, or fissure, of greater length than breadth; a gap or crack; as, the chinks of a wall
offensive terms for a person of Chinese descent
Money; cash
by bringing them into collision with each other
or Jink Money; so called because it chinks or jingles in the purse Thus, if a person is asked if he has money, he rattles that which he has in his purse or pocket “Have chinks in thy purse ” Tusser Chintz means spotted The cotton goods originally manufactured in the East (Persian, chinz, spotted, stained; Hindu, chint, plur chints; Sanscrit, chitra, variegated )
To cause to open in cracks or fissures
between planks in a wall offensive terms for a person of Chinese descent fill the chinks of, as with caulking
To fill up the chinks of; as, to chink a wall
A chink of light is a small patch of light that shines through a small opening in something. I noticed a chink of light at the end of the corridor. Used as a disparaging term for person of Chinese birth or descent. To make or cause to make a slight, metallic sound. a very offensive word for someone from China. Do not use this word. (Chinese). if glass or metal objects chink, or if you chink them, they make a high ringing sound when they knock together = clink
a short light metallic sound a narrow opening as e
fill the chinks of, as with caulking
a narrow opening as e g between planks in a wall
{f} make a sharp, tinkling sound; caulk or fill cracks
To crack; to open
To cause to make a sharp metallic sound, as coins, small pieces of metal, etc
A chink in a surface is a very narrow crack or opening in it. a chink in the wall He peered through a chink in the curtains
make or emit a high sound; "tinkling bells"
A short, sharp sound, as of metal struck with a slight degree of violence
a short light metallic sound
To make a slight, sharp, metallic sound, as by the collision of little pieces of money, or other small sonorous bodies
{i} crack, slit; sharp tinkling sound
To install fiberglass insulation around all exterior door and window frames, wall corners, and small gaps in the exterior wall
make cracks or chinks in; "The heat checked the paint"
chink-a-chink
A magic trick where four small items appear to move around a mat with just the wave of the magician's bare hands
Chink in the Armor
Achilles heel, weak point
Chink in the Armor
(deyim) 1. An narrow opening and vunerable area in one's armor that the opponent will usually aim for. This term relies on "chink" in the sense of "a crack or gap," a meaning dating from about 1400 and used figuratively since the mid-1600s. 2. A figurative term for a one's weakness, largest flaw or their prevention of success

We would have aced this presentation if Leo wasn't in our group. He didn't study at all, he's the chink in the armor.

chink in armour
{i} small defect that can bring about problems
chinking
The material used to fill the spaces between logs in a log house; caulking
chinking
Present participle of chink
chinks
plural form of chink
chinks
A type of chaps
chinks
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of chink
chinked
having narrow opening filled
chinks
third-person singular of chink
chinks
plural of chink
chink
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