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chink 中文解釋 wordnet sense Collocation Usage Collins Definition
Verb
/CHiNGk/,
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chinks, plural;
  1. Make or cause to make a light and high-pitched ringing sound, as of glasses or coins striking together
    • - the chain joining the handcuffs chinked
    • - they chinked glasses and kissed
Noun
  1. A high-pitched ringing sound
    • - the chink of glasses
  1. (ethnic slur) offensive term for a person of Chinese descent
  2. tinkle: make or emit a high sound; "tinkling bells"
  3. a narrow opening as e.g. between planks in a wall
  4. fill the chinks of, as with caulking
  5. a short light metallic sound
  6. check: make cracks or chinks in; "The heat checked the paint"
  7. Chink or sometimes Chinki is a racial slur referring originally to a person of Chinese ethnicity but now generalized to refer to any person of East Asian descent. Contemporary usage of the word as an ethnic slur has sparked controversies in public and popular media.
  8. (Chinking) A log cabin is a small house built from logs. It is a fairly simple type of log house. A distinction should be drawn between the traditional meanings of "log cabin" and "log house. ...
  9. A Chinese person
  10. A narrow opening such as a fissure or crack; A chip or dent (in something metallic); A vulnerability or flaw in a protection system or in any otherwise formidable system, idiomatically derived from the phrase "Chink in armor"; To fill an opening such as the space between logs in a log house with ...
  11. (chinking) The material used to fill the spaces between logs in a log house; caulking
  12. (chinks) A type of chaps
  13. (Chinking) refers to the mortar/infill material between the logs in the construction of log cabins and other log-walled structures. Traditionally, dried mosses, such as Pleurozium schreberi or Hylocomium splendens, were used in the Nordic countries as an insulator between logs.
  14. (Chinking) The filling used between rows of stacked logs. Most often used in log systems where rows of logs do not bear directly on the row below, but are separated by a space. Traditional chinking is mortar-based. ...
  15. (Chinking) using mud, lime plaster, or wooden planks to fill in gaps between logs
  16. (chinking) a mortar, usually composed chiefly of clay, used to plaster over gaps in walls or to bind bricks or stones.
  17. (Chinks) Short chaps, usually fringed & stopping just below the knee.
  18. (CHINKS) Short chaps that are fringed and reach to just below the knee. Chinks are said to have been born out of desperation – a cowboy’s full length chaps wearing thin and resulting in them being cut down while still providing some form of protection and usefulness. ...
  19. (Chinks) are half-length chaps that stop two to four inches (5 to 10 cm) below the knee, with very long fringe at the bottom and along the sides. They are usually fringed along the outside edge and bottom, making their apparent length appear about 4 inches (10 cm) longer. ...
  20. (Chinks) similar to chaps, but shorter, hitting the rider below the knee but above the ankle; fastened around the rider’s legs by snaps, buckles, or other fasteners, but the fasteners stop above the back of the knee, allowing the chinks to move more freely from that point downward. .
  21. (chinks) cash (from the clatter of the coins). (Romeo and Juliet)
  22. To install fiberglass insulation around all exterior door and window frames, wall corners, and small gaps in the exterior wall.
  23. (U.S.) used to refer to people of perceived Chinese descent. Describes their eye slits or chinks. Considered extremely derogatory, .^[29]
  24. disparaging slang for a Chinese, especially a Chinese communist soldier during the KOREAN WAR; also called "chinkie" or "gooey"; see CHICOM, CHINAT, NUNG, DINK, GOOK, SLOPE, SLANT-EYE, RICE BALL, ZIP, NIP, JAPE, WOG, LITTLE PEOPLE; compare BUDDHAHEAD, BASKET HEAD, LITTLE BROWN BROTHER, INDIG, ...
  25. purse-snatcher, safe-robber and armed holdup man