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- Dictionarychink/tʃɪŋk/
verb
- 1. make or cause to make a light, high-pitched ringing sound, as of glasses or coins striking together: "the chain joining the handcuffs chinked"
noun
- 1. a high-pitched ringing sound: "the chink of glasses"
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The meaning of CHINK is a small cleft, slit, or fissure. How to use chink in a sentence.
Chink is an English-language ethnic slur usually referring to a person of Chinese descent, but also used against people of East Asian, North Asian, Southeast Asian appearance. The use of the term describing eyes with epicanthic fold ("Asiatic eyes") is considered extremely offensive and is regarded as racist by many.
a small narrow crack or opening: I peered through a chink in the curtains and saw them all inside. Synonyms. breach (OPENING) formal. cleft. crack (NARROW SPACE) cranny. crevice. fissure. gap (HOLE) interstice formal. opening (HOLE) slit. slot (LONG HOLE) SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Holes, hollows and dips. anti-crack. aperture.
Chink definition: a crack, cleft, or fissure. See examples of CHINK used in a sentence.
When objects chink, or you chink them, they touch each other, making a light ringing sound.
A chink is a very narrow opening or crack. A chink in your bedroom curtains might let enough early morning sunlight in that you'll wake up before your alarm goes off. Use the word chink to describe the slightest gap between slats in a blind or crevice between two rocks on a cliff.
chink meaning, definition, what is chink: a small hole in a wall, or between two t...: Learn more.
What does the word Chink mean? There are two meanings listed in OED's entry for the word Chink. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence. Chink is considered offensive. See meaning & use. How common is the word Chink? About 0.2 occurrences per million words in modern written English. See frequency.
CHINK meaning: 1. a small, narrow opening in something 2. a short ringing sound that is made when glass or metal…. Learn more.
Definition of chink verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
