Chink

  1. Noun.  (slang, ethnic slur) A Chinese person.
  2. Noun.  A narrow opening such as a fissure or crack.
  3. Noun.  A chip or dent (in something metallic).
  4. Noun.  A vulnerability or flaw in a protection system or in any otherwise formidable system, idiomatically derived from the phrase "chink in armor".
  5. Noun.  (slang) coin or ready cash (1565-75).
  6. Verb.  To fill an opening such as the space between logs in a log house with chinking; to caulk.
  7. Noun.  A slight sound as of metal objects touching each other.
  8. Noun.  (context, colloquial) Ready money, especially in the form of coins.
  9. Verb.  To make a slight sound like that of metal objects touching.
  10. Noun.  (alternative form of, Chink) .

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