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Chink(dictionary)
chink(1)(dictionary)
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chink 2, verb(dictionary)
shy 3, noun(dictionary)
hem 1, noun(dictionary)

chink 1, noun (oh)



[Sense: 1,3; Date: 1500-1600; Origin: Probably from chin 'crack' (11-16 centuries), from Old English cine]
[Sense: 2; Date: 1500-1600; Origin: From the sound]
[C] a small hole in a wall, or between two things that join together, that lets light or air through
-synonym crack crack chink in
::The sun came through a chink in the curtains.
[C] BrE a high ringing sound made by metal or glass objects hitting each other
-synonym clink clink
::the chink of coins
a chink in sb's armour
a weakness in someone's character or in something they have said, that you can use to attack them