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.