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chink

English

  1. 🔊 a short light metallic sound
  2. 🔊 a narrow opening as e.g. between planks in a wall
  3. 🔊 (ethnic slur) offensive term for a person of Chinese descent
  4. 🔊 fill the chinks of, as with caulking
  5. 🔊 make cracks or chinks in
    “The heat checked the paint”
  6. 🔊 make or emit a high sound
    “tinkling bells”

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