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Chink
(chĭngk)n. Offensive Slang
Used as a disparaging term for a person of Chinese birth or descent.
[Probably alteration of Chinese.]
chink 1
(chĭngk)n.
A narrow opening, such as a crack or fissure.
tr.v. chinked, chink·ing, chinks
1. To make narrow openings in.
2. To fill narrow openings in.
[Probably alteration of obsolete chine, from Middle English, crack, from Old English cine.]
chink′y adj.
chink 2
(chĭngk)n.
A slight, metallic sound, as of coins rattling in a pocket.
intr. & tr.v. chinked, chink·ing, chinks
To make or cause to make a slight, metallic sound.
[Imitative.]
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chink
(tʃɪŋk)n
1. a small narrow opening, such as a fissure or crack
2. chink in one's armour a small but fatal weakness
vb
(tr) chiefly US and Canadian to fill up or make cracks in
[C16: perhaps variant of earlier chine, from Old English cine crack; related to Middle Dutch kene, Danish kin]
ˈchinky 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
[C16: of imitative origin]
Chink
(tʃɪŋk) orChinky
nadj, pl Chinks or Chinkies
(Peoples) an old-fashioned and highly derogatory term for Chinese
[C20: probably from Chinese, influenced by chink1 (referring to the characteristic shape of the Chinese eye)]
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chink1
(tʃɪŋk)n.
1. a crack, cleft, or fissure: a chink in a wall.
2. a narrow opening: a chink between two buildings.
v.t. 3. to fill up chinks in.
[1350–1400; Middle English; perhaps chine in same sense (Old English cinu, c. Old Saxon kena) + -k suffix (see -ock)]
chink2
(tʃɪŋk)v.i.
1. to make or cause to make a short, sharp, ringing sound, as of coins or glasses striking together.
n. 2. a chinking sound.
[1565–75; imitative]
Chink
(tʃɪŋk)n.
usage: This term is a slur and should be avoided. It is used with disparaging intent and is perceived as highly insulting.
—n. (sometimes l.c.) Slang: Extremely Disparaging and Offensive. (a contemptuous term used to refer to a Chinese.)
[1890–95; appar. alter. of Chinese]
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chink
Past participle: chinked
Gerund: chinking
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| Noun | 1. | chink - (ethnic slur) offensive term for a person of Chinese descent ethnic slur - a slur on someone's race or language jargon, lingo, patois, argot, vernacular, slang, cant - a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves); "they don't speak our lingo" Chinese - a native or inhabitant of Communist China or of Nationalist China |
| 2. | chink - a narrow opening as e.g. between planks in a wall | |
| 3. |  chink - a short light metallic sound sound - the sudden occurrence of an audible event; "the sound awakened them" | |
| Verb | 1. | chink - make or emit a high sound; "tinkling bells" |
| 2. | chink - fill the chinks of, as with caulking | |
| 3. | chink - make cracks or chinks in; "The heat checked the paint" crack, check, break - become fractured; break or crack on the surface only; "The glass cracked when it was heated" crack - cause to become cracked; "heat and light cracked the back of the leather chair" |
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chink
noun opening, crack, gap, rift, aperture, cleft, crevice, fissure, cranny He peered through a chink in the curtains.
Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002
chink
nounThe American Heritage® Roget's Thesaurus. Copyright © 2013, 2014 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
Translations
شِق، صَدْعٌ فس حائِط
skulinaštěrbina
lysstriberevne
chinetoquefente
rifa, glufa
gaismas strēlesprauga
Chink
[tʃɪŋk] N (offensive) → chino/a m/fchink
1 [tʃɪŋk] N (= slit) (in wall) → grieta f, hendidura f; (in door) → resquicio ma chink of light → un hilo de luz
it's the chink in his armour → es su punto débil or su talón de Aquiles
chink
2 [tʃɪŋk]B. VT [+ metal] → hacer sonar; [+ glass] → hacer tintinear
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
chink
[ˈtʃɪŋk] n (= gap) → fente f, fissure f
to have a chink in one's armour (= Achilles heel) → avoir un défaut dans sa cuirasse
to have a chink in one's armour (= Achilles heel) → avoir un défaut dans sa cuirasse
(= noise) → tintement m
[light] → rayon m
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
Chink
chink
1n → Riss m, → Ritze f; (in door) → Spalt m; a chink of light → ein dünner Lichtstreifen or -strahl; the chink in somebody’s armour (fig) → jds schwacher Punkt
vt (US) → stopfen
chink
2Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
chink
1 [tʃɪŋk] n (opening) → fessuraa chink in his armour (fig) → il suo punto debole
chink
2 [tʃɪŋk]1. n (noise) → tintinnio
2. vt → far tintinnare
3. vi → tintinnare
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
chink
(tʃiŋk) noun a narrow opening. a chink in the curtains; There was no chink of light in the room.
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