chink

• POS: Adjective, Noun, Verb (usu participle), Verb (transitive)

CIDE DICTIONARY

chink, n. [OE. chine, AS. cīne fissure, chink, fr. cīnan to gape; akin to Goth. Keinan to sprout, G. keimen. Cf. Chit.].

 A small cleft, rent, or fissure, of greater length than breadth; a gap or crack; as, the chinks of a wall.  [1913 Webster]
"Through one cloudless chink, in a black, stormy sky.
Shines out the dewy morning star."  [1913 Webster]

chink, n. [From chinaman.].

 a chinaman; a chinese person; -- disparaging and offensive.  [PJC]

chink, v. i. 

 To crack; to open.  [1913 Webster]

chink, v. t. 

•  To cause to open in cracks or fissures.  [1913 Webster]
•  To fill up the chinks of; as, to chink a wall.  [1913 Webster]

chink, n. [Of imitative origin. Cf. Jingle.].

•  A short, sharp sound, as of metal struck with a slight degree of violence.  Cowper.  [1913 Webster]
•  Money; cash.  Somerville.  [1913 Webster]

chink, v. t. 

 To cause to make a sharp metallic sound, as coins, small pieces of metal, etc., by bringing them into collision with each other.  Pope.  [1913 Webster]

chink, v. i. 

 To make a slight, sharp, metallic sound, as by the collision of little pieces of money, or other small sonorous bodies.  Arbuthnot.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

chink, n.
1 an unintended crack that admits light or allows an attack.
2 a narrow opening; a slit.

chink, v. & n.
--v.
1 intr. make a slight ringing sound, as of glasses or coins striking together.
2 tr. cause to make this sound.
--n. this sound.

Etymology

imit.

chink, n. sl. offens. a Chinese.

Derivative

Chinky adj.

Etymology

abbr.

THESAURUS

chink

abysm, abyss, aperture, arroyo, assailability, bar, bezel, bind, block, block up, blockade, box canyon, breach, break, broach, bump, bung, canyon, cash, caulk, cavity, chamfer, change ringing, chap, chase, chasm, check, chime, chiming, chimney, choke, choke off, choke up, clang, clanging, clangor, clank, clanking, cleave, cleft, cleuch, click, clink, clog, clog up, clop, clough, clump, clunk, coin, col, congest, constipate, cork, corrugation, coulee, couloir, cover, crack, cranny, crevasse, crevice, crump, currency, cut, cut open, cwm, dado, dam, dam up, defile, dell, dike, ding, ding-a-ling, dingdong, dinging, dingle, dispart, ditch, divaricate, divide, dong, donga, donging, dough, draw, dull thud, engraving, excavation, fault, fill, fill up, filthy lucre, fissure, flaw, flick, flume, flump, flute, fluting, fly open, foul, fracture, furrow, gap, gape, gash, gong, gorge, gouge, groove, gulch, gulf, gully, heel of Achilles, hole, incise, incision, interruption, jam, jangle, jingle, jingle-jangle, jinglejangle, jingling, joint, kloof, knell, knelling, lay open, leak, legal tender, lettuce, loot, microgroove, moat, notch, nullah, obstipate, obstruct, ope, open, open up, opening, pack, pad, part, pass, passage, pat, patter, peal, peal ringing, pealing, penetrability, pitapat, pitter-patter, plug, plug up, plump, plunk, pop, pregnability, rabbet, rap, ravine, rent, rifling, rift, rime, ring, ring changes, ringing, rip, rive, ruck, rupture, rut, scissure, score, scratch, seam, separate, slit, slot, soft spot, sound, sound a knell, spile, split, spread, spread out, spring open, stanch, stay, stench, stop, stop up, stopper, stopple, streak, stria, striation, stuff, stuff up, sulcation, sulcus, swing open, tap, tear, tear open, throw open, thud, thump, tick, ting, ting-a-ling, tingle, tingling, tink, tinkle, tinkling, tinnitus, tintinnabulate, toll, tolling, trench, tunk, valley, vincibility, void, vulnerability, vulnerable point, wadi, wampum, weak link, weak point, weakness, well-worn groove, wrinkle

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chink

Money

N money, legal tender, money matters, money market, finance, accounts, funds, treasure, capital, stock, assets, wealth, supplies, ways and means, wherewithal, sinews of war, almighty dollar, needful, cash, mammon, dough, cabbage, money-like instruments, M, M, sum, amount, balance, balance sheet, sum total, proceeds, currency, circulating medium, specie, coin, piece, hard cash, cold cash, dollar, sterling coin, pounds shillings and pence, Ls, d, pocket, breeches pocket, purse, money in hand, cash at hand, ready money, ready cash, slug, wad wad of bills, wad of money, thick wad of bills, roll of dough, rhino, blunt, dust, mopus, tin, salt, chink, argent comptant, bottom dollar, buzzard dollar, checks, dibs, double eagle, eagle, Federal currency, fractional currency, postal currency, Federal Reserve Note, United States Note, silver certificate, gold certificate, long bit, short bit, moss, nickel, pile, pin money, quarter, red cent, roanoke, rock, seawan, seawant, thousand dollars, grand, single, one-dollar bill, two- dollar bill, five-dollar bill, fiver, fin, Lincoln, ten-dollar bill, sawbuck, twenty-dollar bill, Jackson, double sawbuck, fifty-dollar bill, hundred-dollar bill, C-note, penny, cent, Lincoln cent, indian head penny, copper, two-cent piece three-cent piece, half- dime, nickel, buffalo nickel, V nickel, dime, disme, mercury dime, quarter, two bits, half dollar, dollar, silver dollar, Eisenhower dollar, Susan B, Anthony dollar, precious metals, gold, silver, copper, bullion, ingot, nugget, petty cash, pocket money, change, small change, small coin, doit, stiver, rap, mite, farthing, sou, penny, shilling, tester, groat, guinea, rouleau, wampum, good sum, round sum, lump sum, power of money, plum, lac of rupees, major coin, crown, minor coin, monetarist, monetary theory, numismatics, chrysology, numismatist, paper money, greenback, major denomination, minor denomination, money order, postal money order, Post Office order, bank note, bond, bill, bill of exchange, order, warrant, coupon, debenture, exchequer bill, assignat, blueback, hundi, shinplaster, note, note of hand, promissory note, I O U, draft, check, cheque, back-dated check, negotiable order of withdrawal, NOW, remittance, credit, liability, drawer, drawee, obligor, obligee, moneyer, coiner, false money, bad money, base coin, flash note, slip, kite, fancy stocks, Bank of Elegance, argumentum ad crumenam, letter of credit, circulation, multiplier effect, inflation, double-digit inflation, hyperinflation, erosion of the currency, debasement of the currency, deflation, stagflation, exchange rate, rate of exchange, floating exchange rates, fixed rates, currency counter, currency exchange, bureau de change, gold-backed currency, gold standard, silver standard, bank account, savings account, checking account, money market account, NOW account, time deposit, deposit, demand deposit, super NOW account, certificate of deposit, CD, $, US$, Y, A$, Federal Reserve Bank, central bank, Federal Reserve Board, board of governors of the Federal Reserve, Treasury Department, Secret Service, mint, bureau of engraving, seigniorage, counterfeit, funny money, bogus money, (falsehood), interest, interest rate, discount rate, monetary, pecuniary, crumenal, fiscal, financial, sumptuary, numismatic, numismatical, sterling, nummary, barbarus ipse placet dummodo sit dives, but the jingling of the guinea helps the hurt that, Gelt regiert die Welt, money rules the world, money makes the world go round, nervos belli pecuniam infinitam, redet Geld so schweigt die Welt, money is the mother's milk of politics, money is the root of all evil, money isn't everything, as phony as a three-dollar bill, don't take any wooden nickels.

Interval

N interval, interspace, separation, break, gap, opening, hole, chasm, hiatus, caesura, interruption, interregnum, interstice, lacuna, cleft, mesh, crevice, chink, rime, creek, cranny, crack, chap, slit, fissure, scissure, rift, flaw, breach, rent, gash, cut, leak, dike, ha-ha, gorge, defile, ravine, canon, crevasse, abyss, abysm, gulf, inlet, frith, strait, gully, pass, furrow, abra, barranca, barranco, clove, gulch, notch, yawning gulf, hiatus maxime, hiatus valde deflendus, parenthesis, void, incompleteness, period, interim (time), with an interval, far between, breachy, rimose, rimulose, at intervals, longo intervallo.

Resonance

VB resound, reverberate, reecho, resonate, ring, jingle, gingle, chink, clink, tink, tinkle, chime, gurgle, plash, goggle, echo, ring in the ear.