| English > English | |
|
| chink | |
| 1. n. A narrow opening such as a fissure or crack. |  |
| 2. n. A chip or dent (in something metallic). | |
| 3. n. (figuratively) A vulnerability or flaw in a protection system or in any otherwise formidable system. | |
| 4. v. To fill an opening such as the space between logs in a log house with chinking; to caulk. | |
| to chink a wall | |
| 5. v. (intransitive) To crack; to open. | |
| 6. v. To cause to open in cracks or fissures. | |
| 7. n. A slight sound as of metal objects touching each other; a clink. | |
| 8. n. (colloquial, now rare) Ready money, especially in the form of coins. | |
| 9. v. (intransitive) To make a slight sound like that of metal objects touching. | |
| The coins were chinking in his pocket. | |
| 10. v. To cause to make a sharp metallic sound, as coins, small pieces of metal, etc., by bringing them into collision with each other. | |
| 11. n. alternative form of Chink | |
