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chink

(/tS//I//N/k )

(ethnic slur) offensive term for a person of Chinese descent(noun.person)

Synonym:
chinaman

source: wordnet30
a narrow opening as e.g. between planks in a wall(noun.object)

source: wordnet30
a short light metallic sound(noun.event)

Synonym:
click, clink

source: wordnet30
A small cleft, rent, or fissure, of greater length than breadth; a gap or crack; as, the chinks of a wall.(noun)

source: webster1913
A short, sharp sound, as of metal struck with a slight degree of violence.(noun)

source: webster1913

make or emit a high sound(verb.perception)

Synonym:
clink, tink, tinkle

source: wordnet30
fill the chinks of, as with caulking(verb.contact)

source: wordnet30
make cracks or chinks in(verb.change)

Synonym:
check

source: wordnet30
To crack; to open.(verb)

source: webster1913
To cause to open in cracks or fissures.(verb)

source: webster1913
To cause to make a sharp metallic sound, as coins, small pieces of metal, etc., by bringing them into collision with each other.(verb)

source: webster1913
To make a slight, sharp, metallic sound, as by the collision of little pieces of money, or other small sonorous bodies.(verb)

source: webster1913

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