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/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. (chink) (ethnic slur) offensive term for a person of Chinese descent
  2. (chink) tinkle: make or emit a high sound; "tinkling bells"
  3. (chink) a narrow opening as e.g. between planks in a wall
  4. (chink) fill the chinks of, as with caulking
  5. (chink) a short light metallic sound
  6. (chink) 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. A type of chaps
  9. (chink) 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 ...
  10. (chink) To install fiberglass insulation around all exterior door and window frames, wall corners, and small gaps in the exterior wall.
  11. (Chink) (U.S.) used to refer to people of perceived Chinese descent. Describes their eye slits or chinks. Considered extremely derogatory, .^[29]
  12. (CHINK) 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, ...
  13. (Chink) A narrow piece or sliver of stone driven into cracks or voids in a stone wall to achieve added stability.Chip Shield. An attachment to tools designed to contain wood or metal chips, and sawdust, and help keep them away from the operator.
  14. (Chink) Handball variant originating in South Philadelphia in the 1920s. Nowadays played by children and young adults. ^[6] ^[7]
  15. (Chink) or Chinger – a person of obvious Asian descent. Once used specifically for Chinese people, this is now used in a more general sense to refer to Asians.
  16. (Chink) purse-snatcher, safe-robber and armed holdup man
  17. cash (from the clatter of the coins). (Romeo and Juliet)
  18. 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. Short chaps, usually fringed & stopping just below the knee.
  20. 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. ...
  21. 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. .