Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: chink
IPA transcription: [tʃ'ɪŋk]
noun meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: chink, click, clink
    Meaning: a short light metallic sound
  • Synonyms: chink
    Meaning: a narrow opening as e.g. between planks in a wall
  • Synonyms: chink, Chinaman
    Meaning: (ethnic slur) offensive term for a person of Chinese descent
verb meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: check, chink
    Meaning: make cracks or chinks in; "The heat checked the paint"
  • Synonyms: chink
    Meaning: fill the chinks of, as with caulking
  • Synonyms: tinkle, tink, clink, chink
    Meaning: make or emit a high sound; "tinkling bells"
Usage examples
  • I heard it chink.
  • The clouds were too strong for it; but in them was one chink, revealing one star, and through this the smoke escaped into the light of stars innumerable.
  • Not more than a dozen steps were there; but at the bottom stood the guardroom door, and through the chink of its opening a shaft of light fell upon the nethermost step.