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Chink (chĭ&nsmacr_;k), n. [OE. chine, AS. c&ī;ne fissure, chink, fr. c&ī;nan to gape; akin to Goth. Keinan to sprout, G. keimen. Cf. Chit.] A small cleft, rent, or fissure, of greater length than breadth; a gap or crack; as, the chinks of a wall.
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Through one cloudless chink, in a black, stormy sky.
Shines out the dewy morning star. Macaulay.
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Chink (chĭ&nsmacr_;k), n. [From chinaman.] a chinaman; a chinese person; -- disparaging and offensive. [slang]
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Chink, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Chinked (chĭ&nsmacr_;kt); p. pr. & vb. n. Chinking.] To crack; to open.
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Chink, v. t. 1. To cause to open in cracks or fissures.
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2. To fill up the chinks of; as, to chink a wall.
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Chink, n. [Of imitative origin. Cf. Jingle.] 1. A short, sharp sound, as of metal struck with a slight degree of violence. “Chink of bell.” Cowper.
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2. Money; cash. [Cant] “To leave his chink to better hands.” Somerville.
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Chink, v. t. To cause to make a sharp metallic sound, as coins, small pieces of metal, etc., by bringing them into collision with each other. Pope.
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Chink, v. i. To make a slight, sharp, metallic sound, as by the collision of little pieces of money, or other small sonorous bodies. Arbuthnot.
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