Meaning & Definition of Chink in English
English⟶
Chink
/ʧɪŋk/
noun
1. (ethnic slur) offensive term for a person of chinese descent
synonym:
- chink,
- Chinaman
2. A narrow opening as e.g. between planks in a wall
synonym:
- chink
3. A short light metallic sound
synonym:
- chink,
- click,
- clink
verb
1. Make or emit a high sound
- "Tinkling bells"
synonym:
- tinkle,
- tink,
- clink,
- chink
2. Fill the chinks of, as with caulking
synonym:
- chink
3. Make cracks or chinks in
- "The heat checked the paint"
synonym:
- check,
- chink
Examples of using
A single ray of sunlight shone through a chink in the shuttered window.