chink : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: chink	by the DICT Development Group
7 results for chink
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
chink n (ethnic slur) offensive term for a person of Chinese descent Synonym(s): chink, Chinaman a narrow opening as e.g. between planks in a wall a short light metallic sound Synonym(s): chink, click, clink v make or emit a high sound; "tinkling bells" [syn: tinkle, tink, clink, chink] fill the chinks of, as with caulking make cracks or chinks in; "The heat checked the paint" Synonym(s): check, chink
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Chink \Chink\, n. [Of imitative origin. Cf. {Jingle}.] 1. A short, sharp sound, as of metal struck with a slight degree of violence. [bd]Chink of bell.[b8] --Cowper. 2. Money; cash. [Cant] [bd]To leave his chink to better hands.[b8] --Somerville.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Chink \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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Chink \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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Chink \Chink\, n. [OE. chine, AS. c[c6]ne fissure, chink, fr. c[c6]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 wall. Through one cloudless chink, in a black, stormy sky. Shines out the dewy morning star. --Macaulay.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Chink \Chink\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Chinked}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Chinking}.] To crack; to open.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Chink \Chink\, v. t. 1. To cause to open in cracks or fissures. 2. To fill up the chinks of; as, to chink a wall.