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Look up: Chink

  1. chink
    [n] - offensive terms for a person of Chinese descent 2. [n] - a narrow opening as e.g. between planks in a wall 3. [n] - a short light metallic sound 4. [v] - fill the chinks of, as with caulking
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  2. Chink
    To install fiberglass insulation around all exterior door and window frames, wall corners, and small gaps in the exterior wall.
    Found on http://www.rookinspections.com/glossary/

  3. Chink
    Chink (chĭnk) noun [ Middle English chine , Anglo-Saxon cīne fissure, chink, from cīnan to gape; akin to Goth. Keinan to sprout, German keimen . Confer Chit .] A small cleft, rent, or fissu...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/C/66

  4. Chink
    Chink intransitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Chinked ; present participle & verbal noun Chinking .] To crack; to open.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/C/66

  5. Chink
    Chink transitive verb 1. To cause to open in cracks or fissures. 2. To fill up the chinks of; as, to chink a wall.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/C/66

  6. Chink
    Chink noun [ Of imitative origin. Confer Jingle .] 1. A short, sharp sound, as of metal struck with a slight degree of violence. ' Chink of bell.' Cowper. 2. Money; cash. [ Cant] 'To leave his chink to better hands.' Somerville.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/C/66

  7. Chink
    Chink transitive verb To cause to make a sharp metallic sound, as coins, small pieces of metal, etc., by bringing them into collision with each other. Pope.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/C/66

  8. Chink
    Chink intransitive verb To make a slight, sharp, metallic sound, as by the collision of little pieces of money, or other small sonorous bodies. Arbuthnot.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/C/66

  9. chink
    click noun a short light metallic sound
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  10. chink
    Chinaman noun offensive terms for a person of Chinese descent
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  11. chink
    noun a narrow opening as e.g. between planks in a wall
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  12. chink
    verb fill the chinks of, as with caulking
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  13. chink
    verb make cracks or chinks in; `The heat checked the paint`
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  14. Chink
    • (n.) Money; cash. • (n.) A short, sharp sound, as of metal struck with a slight degree of violence. • (v. i.) To make a slight, sharp, metallic sound, as by the collision of little pieces of money, or other small sonorous bodies. • (v. t.) To cause to open in cracks or fissures...
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  15. Chink
    Chink is slang for a Chinese person.
    Found on http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/brow

  16. Chink
    Chink is slang for a Chinese person.
    Found on http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/brow

  17. Chink
    - To install fiberglass insulation around all exterior door and window frames, wall corners, and small gaps in the exterior wall.
    Found on http://www.homebuildingmanual.com/Glossa

  18. Chink
    `Chink, chinki, chinky or chinkie` is a pejorative term referring mainly to a person of Chinese ethnicity but sometimes generalized to refer to any person of isbn=9780415212588-->--> Chinky is still used in Britain as a nickname for Chinese food.--> Around the turn of the 20th century, Chines...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chink



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