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- [chingk]
- /tʃɪŋk/
- /tʃɪŋk/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [chingk]
- /tʃɪŋk/
Definitions of chink word
- countable noun chink A chink in a surface is a very narrow crack or opening in it. 3
- countable noun chink A chink of light is a small patch of light that shines through a small opening in something. 3
- ergative verb chink When objects chink, or you chink them, they touch each other, making a light ringing sound. 3
- noun chink a small narrow opening, such as a fissure or crack 3
- verb chink to fill up or make cracks in 3
- verb chink to make or cause to make a light ringing sound, as by the striking of glasses or coins 3
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Origin of chink
First appearance:
before 1350 One of the 20% oldest English words
1350-1400; Middle English; perhaps chine1 + -k suffix (see -ock)
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Parts of speech for Chink
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
chink popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 88% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.
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This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for chink
noun chink
- crevice — A crevice is a narrow crack or gap, especially in a rock.
- fissure — a narrow opening produced by cleavage or separation of parts.
- slot — a long thin, narrow strip of wood, metal, etc., used as a support for a bed, as one of the horizontal laths of a Venetian blind, etc.
- rift — an opening made by splitting, cleaving, etc.; fissure; cleft; chink.
- cut — If you cut something, you use a knife or a similar tool to divide it into pieces, or to mark it or damage it. If you cut a shape or a hole in something, you make the shape or hole by using a knife or similar tool.
verb chink
- ting — Samuel C(hao) C(hung) [chou choo ng] /tʃaʊ tʃʊŋ/ (Show IPA), born 1936, U.S. physicist: Nobel prize 1976.
- clank — When large metal objects clank, they make a noise because they are hitting together or hitting against something hard.
- jingle — to make clinking or tinkling sounds, as do coins, keys, or other light, resonant metal objects when coming into contact or being struck together repeatedly: The keys on his belt jingled as he walked.
- clanging — a clanging sound.
- plink — to shoot, as with a rifle, at targets selected at whim: to plink at coins tossed in the air.
Antonyms for chink
noun chink
- closing — The closing part of an activity or period of time is the final part of it.
- closure — The closure of a place such as a business or factory is the permanent ending of the work or activity there.
- solid — having three dimensions (length, breadth, and thickness), as a geometrical body or figure.
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