chink
11Chink — n taboo [Date: 1800 1900; Origin: Chinese] a very offensive word for someone from China. Do not use this word …
12Chink — [ tʃıŋk ] noun count OFFENSIVE a very offensive word for a Chinese person …
13chink — *crack, cleft, fissure, crevasse, crevice, cranny Analogous words: *break, gap, interruption: split, rift, *breach …
14chink — [n] opening aperture, cleft, crack, crevice, cut, fissure, gap, hole, rift, slit, slot, space; concept 513 …
15Chink — (also Chinky) ► NOUN informal, offensive ▪ a Chinese person …
16Chink — [chiŋk] n., adj. [prob. altered < CHINA or CHINESE] [also c ] Slang CHINESE: a contemptuous or patronizing term no longer much used …
17chink — chink1 [chiŋk] n. [ME chine, with unhistoric k: see CHINE2] a narrow opening; crack; fissure; slit vt. 1. to close up the chinks in 2. Obs. to form chinks in chink2 [chiŋk] n. [echoic …
18chink|y — «CHIHNG kee», adjective. full of chinks or fissures …
19Chink — For other uses, see Chink (disambiguation). Chink, chinki, chinky or chinkie is a pejorative term referring mainly to a person of Chinese ethnicity but sometimes generalized to refer to any person of East Asian descent. Contemporary usage of the… …
20chink — I UK [tʃɪŋk] / US noun [countable] Word forms chink : singular chink plural chinks 1) a) 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. b) a small amount… …
