| chink | | |
| n. (person) | 1. chinaman, chink | (ethnic slur) offensive term for a person of Chinese descent. |
| ~ derogation, disparagement, depreciation | a communication that belittles somebody or something. |
| ~ ethnic slur | a slur on someone's race or language. |
| ~ argot, jargon, lingo, patois, vernacular, slang, cant | a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves).; "they don't speak our lingo" |
| ~ chinese | a native or inhabitant of Communist China or of Nationalist China. |
| n. (object) | 2. chink | a narrow opening as e.g. between planks in a wall. |
| ~ crack, scissure, cleft, crevice, fissure | a long narrow opening. |
| n. (event) | 3. chink, click, clink | a short light metallic sound. |
| ~ sound | the sudden occurrence of an audible event.; "the sound awakened them" |
| v. (perception) | 4. chink, clink, tink, tinkle | make or emit a high sound.; "tinkling bells" |
| ~ sound, go | make a certain noise or sound.; "She went `Mmmmm'"; "The gun went `bang'" |
| v. (contact) | 5. chink | fill the chinks of, as with caulking. |
| ~ plug, stop up, secure | fill or close tightly with or as if with a plug.; "plug the hole"; "stop up the leak" |
| v. (change) | 6. check, chink | make cracks or chinks in.; "The heat checked the paint" |
| ~ crack, check, break | become fractured; break or crack on the surface only.; "The glass cracked when it was heated" |
| ~ crack | cause to become cracked.; "heat and light cracked the back of the leather chair" |
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