Defenition of the word chink
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Defenition of the word chink
- make cracks or chinks in; "The heat checked the paint"
- a narrow opening as e.g. between planks in a wall
- fill the chinks of, as with caulking
- offensive terms for a person of Chinese descent
- a short light metallic sound
- make or emit a high tinkling sound
- make or emit a high sound; "tinkling bells"
- (ethnic slur) offensive term for a person of Chinese descent
- make cracks or chinks in
- make or emit a high sound
Synonyms for the word chink
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- check
- Chinaman
- click
- clink
- clunk
- crack
- crevice
- gap
- tink
- tinkle
Similar words in the chink
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- chink
- chink's
- chinked
- chinking
- chinks
Hypernyms for the word chink
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- Chinese
- cleft
- crack
- crevice
- fissure
- go
- plug
- scissure
- secure
- sound
- stop up
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