CHINK

Chink

Chink is an English ethnic slur usually referring to a person of Chinese ethnicity. Use of the term is often considered offensive and has garnered a great deal of media attention.

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chink

Noun

  1. A narrow opening such as a fissure or crack.
  2. A chip or dent (in something metallic).
  3. A vulnerability or flaw in a protection system or in any otherwise formidable system, idiomatically derived from the phrase "chink in armor".
    The warrior saw a chink in her enemy's armor, and aimed her spear accordingly.
    The chink in the theory is that the invaders have superior muskets.

Noun (etymology 2)

  1. A slight sound as of metal objects touching each other.
  2. Ready money, especially in the form of coins.

Noun (etymology 3)

Verb

  1. To fill an opening such as the space between logs in a log house with chinking; to caulk.
    to chink a wall
  2. To crack; to open.
  3. To cause to open in cracks or fissures.

Verb (etymology 2)

  1. To make a slight sound like that of metal objects touching.
    The coins were chinking in his pocket.
  2. To cause to make a sharp metallic sound, as coins, small pieces of metal, etc., by bringing them into collision with each other.


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