chink (verb)
1chink — Ⅰ. chink [1] ► NOUN 1) a narrow opening or crack. 2) a beam of light admitted by a chink. ORIGIN Old English Ⅱ. chink [2] ► VERB ▪ …
2chink up — verb To fill cracks in something, for example a wall …
3chink — I. noun Etymology: probably alteration of Middle English chine crack, fissure Date: 1535 1. a small cleft, slit, or fissure < a chink in the fence > 2. a weak spot that may leave one vulnerable < his lawyers found a chink in the law > 3. a narrow …
4chink — I UK [tʃɪŋk] / US noun [countable] Word forms chink : singular chink plural chinks 1) a) a very small space in a wall or between two things, especially when this lets light through A light shone through a chink in the curtains. b) a small amount… …
5chink — chink1 [ tʃıŋk ] noun count 1. ) a very small space in a wall or between two things, especially when this lets light through: A light shone through a chink in the curtains. a ) chink of a small amount of light that shines through a small space: A …
6chink — 1 noun 1 (C) a small hole in a wall, or between two things that join together, that lets light or air through: The sun came through a chink in the curtains. 2 (C) a high ringing sound made by metal or glass objects hitting each other: the chink… …
7chink — I. /tʃɪŋk / (say chingk) noun 1. a crack, cleft, or fissure. 2. a narrow opening. –verb (t) 3. Originally US to fill up chinks in (a log wall) as with daub. –phrase 4. a chink in one s armour, a point at which one is emotionally or otherwise… …
8chink — 1. noun /tʃɪŋk/ a) A narrow opening such as a fissure or crack. Yet I did not give way, but settled to wait for the dawn, which must, I knew, be now at hand; for then I thought enough light would come through the chinks of the tomb above to show… …
9chink — chink1 noun 1》 a narrow opening or crack. 2》 a beam of light admitted by a chink. Origin C16: related to chine2. chink2 verb make a light, high pitched ringing sound, as of glasses or coins striking together. noun a high pitched ringing sound.… …
10chink — 1. noun a chink in the curtains Syn: opening, gap, space, hole, aperture, crack, fissure, crevice, cranny, cleft, split, slit, slot 2. verb the glasses chinked Syn: jingle …
