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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
{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
A narrow opening such as a fissure or crack
To fill up the chinks of; as, to chink a wall
A Chinese person
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 slight sound as of metal objects touching each other
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"
to chink
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