chink

1. 1.

   make or emit a high sound

   “tinkling bells”

   Synonymstinkletinkclink

   Broadersound
2. 2.

   fill the chinks of, as with caulking

   Broaderplug
3. 3.

   make cracks or chinks in

   “The heat checked the paint”

   Synonymscheck

   Broadercrack

Other forms of chink

plural

chinks·

past tense

chinked·

present participle

chinking·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about chink

What does chink mean?

chink means "(ethnic slur) offensive term for a person of Chinese descent". That is the primary sense; the word has 6 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in chink?

chink has 1 syllable: chink. In IPA it is /ˈtʃɪŋk/.

What is another word for chink?

Close synonyms include Chinaman, click, clink, tinkle, tink. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is chink a common word?

chink is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.