chink
21chink — [[t]tʃɪ̱ŋk[/t]] chinks, chinking, chinked 1) N COUNT: usu N in n A chink in a surface is a very narrow crack or opening in it. ...a chink in the wall... He peered through a chink in the curtains. 2) N COUNT: N of n A chink of light is a small… …
22chink — chink1 [tʃıŋk] n [Sense: 1,3; Date: 1500 1600; Origin: Probably from chin crack (11 16 centuries), from Old English cine] [Sense: 2; Date: 1500 1600; Origin: From the sound] 1.) a small hole in a wall, or between two things that join together,… …
23chink — chink1 [ tʃıŋk ] noun count 1. ) a very small space in a wall or between two things, especially when this lets light through: A light shone through a chink in the curtains. a ) chink of a small amount of light that shines through a small space: A …
24chink — I. noun Etymology: probably alteration of Middle English chine crack, fissure Date: 1535 1. a small cleft, slit, or fissure < a chink in the fence > 2. a weak spot that may leave one vulnerable < his lawyers found a chink in the law > 3. a narrow …
25chink — 1 noun 1 (C) a small hole in a wall, or between two things that join together, that lets light or air through: The sun came through a chink in the curtains. 2 (C) a high ringing sound made by metal or glass objects hitting each other: the chink… …
26chink — {{11}}chink (1) (n.) split, crack, 1530s, from M.E. chine (with parasitic k) from O.E. cinu fissure, related to cinan to crack, split, gape, from PIE root *geie to sprout, split open (Cf. O.H.G. kinan to germinate, Ger. Keim germ ); the… …
27chink — chink1 /chingk/, n. 1. a crack, cleft, or fissure: a chink in a wall. 2. a narrow opening: a chink between two buildings. v.t. 3. to fill up chinks in. [1350 1400; ME; perh. CHINE1 + k suffix (see OCK)] Syn. 1. breach, rent, cut. chink2 …
28chink — I [[t]tʃɪŋk[/t]] n. 1) a crack, cleft, or fissure: a chink in a wall[/ex] 2) a narrow opening: a chink between two buildings[/ex] 3) to fill up chinks in • Etymology: 1350–1400; ME; perh. chine in same sense (OE cinu, c. OS kena) + k suffix (see… …
29chink — n. [A.S. cinu, chink or crack] 1. A long and narrow cleft, crack or slit. 2. (MOLLUSCA: Gastropoda) The margin of the columella in Lacuna; umbilical chink …
30chink — n. a chink in one s armor ( a weak point ) * * * [tʃɪŋk] a chink in one s armor ( a weak point ) …
