Found 3 items, similar to Chink.
English → Indonesian (quick) Definition: chink celah
English → English (WordNet) Definition: chink chink n 1: offensive terms for a person of Chinese descent [syn: Chinaman] 2: a narrow opening as e.g. between planks in a wall 3: a short light metallic sound [syn: click, clink] v 1: make or emit a high sound; “tinkling bells” [syn: tinkle, tink, clink] 2: fill the chinks of, as with caulking 3: make cracks or chinks in; “The heat checked the paint” [syn: check]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Chink Chink \Chink\ (ch[i^][ng]k), n. [OE. chine, AS. c[=i]ne fissure, chink, fr. c[=i]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. [1913 Webster] Through one cloudless chink, in a black, stormy sky. Shines out the dewy morning star. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster] Chink \Chink\ (ch[i^][ng]k), n. [From chinaman.] a chinaman; a chinese person; -- disparaging and offensive. [slang] [PJC] Chink \Chink\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Chinked (ch[i^][ng]kt); p. pr. & vb. n. Chinking.] To crack; to open. [1913 Webster] Chink \Chink\, v. t. 1. To cause to open in cracks or fissures. [1913 Webster] 2. To fill up the chinks of; as, to chink a wall. [1913 Webster] Chink \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. [1913 Webster] 2. Money; cash. [Cant] “To leave his chink to better hands.” --Somerville. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster]