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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024chink1 /tʃɪŋk/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- a crack: a chink in a wall.
- a narrow opening: a chink between two buildings.
chink2 /tʃɪŋk/USA pronunciation v. - to (cause to) make a short, sharp, ringing sound, such as of glasses striking together: [no object]The glasses chinked together.[~ + object]They chinked their glasses together.
n. [countable] - a chinking sound.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024chink1 (chingk),USA pronunciation n. - a crack, cleft, or fissure:a chink in a wall.
- a narrow opening:a chink between two buildings.
v.t. - to fill up chinks in.
- 1350–1400; Middle English; perh. chine1 + -k suffix (see -ock)
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged breach, rent, cut.
chink2 (chingk),USA pronunciation v.t., v.i. - to make, or cause to make, a short, sharp, ringing sound, as of coins or glasses striking together.
n. - a chinking sound:the chink of ice in a glass.
- Slang Termscoin or ready cash.
Chink (chingk),USA pronunciation n. (sometimes l.c.) [Slang.](disparaging and offensive).- Slang Termsa Chinese.
- 1900–05; earlier Chinkie apparently alteration of China, Chinese by association with chink1 (from the stereotypical Western image of Chinese as narrow-eyed); see -ie
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: chink /tʃɪŋk/ n - a small narrow opening, such as a fissure or crack
- chink in one's armour ⇒ a small but fatal weakness
Etymology: 16th Century: perhaps variant of earlier chine, from Old English cine crack; related to Middle Dutch kene, Danish kinˈchinky adj chink /tʃɪŋk/ vb - to make or cause to make a light ringing sound, as by the striking of glasses or coins
n - such a sound
Etymology: 16th Century: of imitative origin |