Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun chink

3 senses of chink

Sense 1
chink, Chinaman -- ((ethnic slur) offensive term for a person of Chinese descent)
       => Chinese -- (a native or inhabitant of Communist China or of Nationalist China)

Sense 2
chink -- (a narrow opening as e.g. between planks in a wall)
       => crack, cleft, crevice, fissure, scissure -- (a long narrow opening)

Sense 3
chink, click, clink -- (a short light metallic sound)
       => sound -- (the sudden occurrence of an audible event; "the sound awakened them")

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb chink

3 senses of chink

Sense 1
tinkle, tink, clink, chink -- (make or emit a high sound; "tinkling bells")
       => sound, go -- (make a certain noise or sound; "She went `Mmmmm'"; "The gun went `bang'")

Sense 2
chink -- (fill the chinks of, as with caulking)
       => plug, stop up, secure -- (fill or close tightly with or as if with a plug; "plug the hole"; "stop up the leak")

Sense 3
check, chink -- (make cracks or chinks in; "The heat checked the paint")
       => crack -- (cause to become cracked; "heat and light cracked the back of the leather chair")