chink

[US]/tʃɪŋk/
[UK]/tʃɪŋk/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. crack; tinkling sound; fissure
vi. to make a tinkling sound
vt. to cause to make a tinkling sound
Word Forms
Past Participlechinked
Third Person Singularchinks
Past Tensechinked
Pluralchinks
Present Participlechinking

Example Sentences

a chink in the curtains.

the chink of glasses.

I noticed a chink of light under the door.

He watched them secretly,through a chink in the wall.

The chink section of relative rest must be taken as the reference datum of shearing leakance direction.

The one chink in her armour is the lack of a sense of humour. She hates people laughing at her.

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