1. A narrow opening as e.g. between planks in a wall
   "A beam of light shone through a chink in the barn wall"; "They sealed the chinks in the log cabin to keep out the cold"
    
2. A short light metallic sound
   "The chink of glasses toasting could be heard across the room";
   - click, clink
    
3. [offensive] (ethnic slur) a person of Chinese descent

1. Fill the chinks of, as with caulking
   "They chinked the log cabin walls to keep out the cold"
    
2. Make or emit a high sound
   "chinking bells";
   - tinkle, tink, clink
    
3. Make cracks or chinks in
   "The heat chinked the paint";
   - check

Derived forms: chinks, chinking, chinked

Type of: Chinese, cleft, crack, crevice, fissure, go, plug, scissure, secure, sound, stop up

Encyclopedia: Chink