chinked

Chink  (chngk)

n. Offensive Slang

Used as a disparaging term for person of Chinese birth or descent.

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[Probably alteration of Chinese.]

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chink ¹  (chngk)

n.

A narrow opening, such as a crack or fissure.

tr.v. chinked, chink·ing, chinks

1. To make narrow openings in.

2. To fill narrow openings in.

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[Probably alteration of obsolete chine, from Middle English, crack, from Old English cine.]

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chinky adj.

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chink ²  (chngk)

n.

A slight, metallic sound, as of coins rattling in a pocket.

intr. & tr.v. chinked, chink·ing, chinks

To make or cause to make a slight, metallic sound.

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[Imitative.]

Thesaurus

Adj.

1.

chinked - having narrow opening filled stopped-up caulked - having cracks and crevices stopped up with a filler