Usually means: Gap or crack; often small.
Definitions Related words Phrases Mentions Lyrics History Easter eggs (New!)
We found 33 dictionaries that define the word chink:

General (26 matching dictionaries)
  1. Chink, chink: Merriam-Webster
  2. Chink, chink, chink: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. chink: Collins English Dictionary
  4. chink: Vocabulary.com
  5. chink: Wordnik
  6. Chink, chink: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. Chink, chink: Wiktionary
  8. chink: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. Chink, chink: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  10. chink: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. Chink, chink: Dictionary.com
  12. chink: Online Etymology Dictionary
  13. chink: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  14. Chink (Isle of Wight), Chink (disambiguation), Chink: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  15. Chink: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  16. chink: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  17. chink: Rhymezone
  18. Chink: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  19. chink: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  20. CHINK: Dictionary of Americanisms (1848)
  21. chink: FreeDictionary.org
  22. chink: Mnemonic Dictionary
  23. Chink: TheFreeDictionary.com
  24. chink: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. chink: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. chink: Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Ka-BOOM! Comicbook Words on Historical Principles (No longer online)
  2. chink: Idioms

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Chink (offensive): Racial Slur Database
  2. chink, chink, chink, chink, Chink, Chink: Green’s Dictionary of Slang

Tech (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Chink: Construction Glossary

(Note: See chinked as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
)
American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  A narrow opening such as a fissure or crack.
noun:  A narrow beam or patch of light admitted by such an opening.
noun:  A chip or dent in something metallic.
noun:  (figuratively) A vulnerability or flaw in a protection system or in any otherwise formidable system.
verb:  (transitive) To fill an opening such as the space between logs in a log house with chinking; to caulk.
verb:  (intransitive) To crack; to open.
verb:  (transitive) To cause to open in cracks or fissures.
noun:  (countable) A slight sound as of metal objects touching each other; a clink.
noun:  (uncountable, colloquial, dated, now rare) Ready money, especially in the form of coins.
verb:  (intransitive) To make a slight sound like that of metal objects touching.
verb:  (transitive) To cause to make a sharp metallic sound, as coins, small pieces of metal, etc., by bringing them into collision with each other.
noun:  (derogatory, offensive, ethnic slur) A person of perceived Chinese ethnicity or descent.
noun:  (derogatory, by extension, offensive, ethnic slur) A person of perceived East Asian descent.
noun:  (offensive, ethnic slur) A meal of Chinese food.
adjective:  (derogatory, offensive, ethnic slur) Chinese, or perceived to be Chinese.
adjective:  (derogatory, offensive, ethnic slur) East Asian.
noun:  Alternative form of kink (“gasp for breath”) [(Scotland, dialect) A convulsive fit of coughing or laughter; a sonorous indraft of breath; a whoop; a gasp of breath caused by laughing, coughing, or crying.]
verb:  Alternative form of kink (“gasp for breath”) [To laugh loudly.]
noun:  Alternative letter-case form of Chink [(derogatory, offensive, ethnic slur) A person of perceived Chinese ethnicity or descent.]

Similar:

Opposite:

Types:

Phrases:

Adjectives:



Word origin

Words similar to chink

Usage examples for chink

Idioms related to chink

Wikipedia articles (New!)

Popular adjectives describing chink

Popular nouns described by chink

Words that often appear near chink

Rhymes of chink

Invented words related to chink

Similar:

Opposite:

Types:

Phrases:

Adjectives:



Writing poetry or lyrics? You can find related words that match a given meter.
This feature is permanently available from the "Related words" tab and from the Thesaurus.





Home   Reverse Dictionary / Thesaurus   Datamuse   Word games   Spruce   Feedback   Dark mode   Random word   Help


Color thesaurus

Use OneLook to find colors for words and words for colors

See an example

Literary notes

Use OneLook to learn how words are used by great writers

See an example

Word games

Try our innovative vocabulary games

Play Now

Read the latest OneLook newsletter issue: Easter egg acrostics