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Entry 9 senses · 7 variants Webster, 1913

Chink

/(chĭṉk)/ · IPA /t͡ʃɪŋk/
01 n. A small cleft, rent, or fissure, of greater length than breadth; a gap or crack; as, the chinks of a wall.
  1. 1.
    A small cleft, rent, or fissure, of greater length than breadth; a gap or crack; as, the chinks of a wall.
    “Through one cloudless chink, in a black, stormy sky. Shines out the dewy morning star.” — Macaulay.
02 n. a chinaman; a chinese person; -- disparaging and offensive.
  1. 1.
    a chinaman; a chinese person; -- disparaging and offensive.[slang]
03 v. i. To crack; to open.
imp. & p. p. Chinked; p. pr. & vb. n. Chinking
  1. 1.
    To crack; to open.
04 v. t. To cause to open in cracks or fissures.
  1. 1.
    To cause to open in cracks or fissures.
  2. 2.
    To fill up the chinks of; as, to chink a wall.
05 n. A short, sharp sound, as of metal struck with a slight degree of violence.
  1. 1.
    A short, sharp sound, as of metal struck with a slight degree of violence.
  2. 2.
    Money; cash.[Cant]
06 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.
  1. 1.
    To cause to make a sharp metallic sound, as coins, small pieces of metal, etc., by bringing them into collision with each other.
07 v. i. To make a slight, sharp, metallic sound, as by the collision of little pieces of money, or other small sonorous bodies.
  1. 1.
    To make a slight, sharp, metallic sound, as by the collision of little pieces of money, or other small sonorous bodies.