· (ethnic slur) offensive term for a person of Chinese descent
Synonym(s): Chinaman
Hypernym(s): Chinese
· a narrow opening as e.g. between planks in a wall
Hypernym(s): crack, cleft, crevice, fissure, scissure
· a short light metallic sound
Hypernym(s): sound
· make or emit a high sound; "tinkling bells"
Synonym(s): tinkle, tink, clink
· fill the chinks of, as with caulking
Hypernym(s): plug, stop_up, secure
· make cracks or chinks in; "The heat checked the paint"
Synonym(s): check
Hypernym(s): crack