chink
[noun]
Synonyms: opening, aperture, cleft, crack, cranny, crevice, fissure, gap

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Related Words: interruption

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

Chink noun [countable] taboo
[Date: 1800-1900; Origin: Chinese]
a very offensive word for someone from China. Do not use this word.

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

I. chink¹ /tʃɪŋk/ noun
[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]

1. [countable] a small hole in a wall, or between two things that join together, that lets light or air through Synonym : crack
chink in
The sun came through a chink in the curtains.

2. [countable] British English a high ringing sound made by metal or glass objects hitting each other Synonym : clink:
the chink of coins

3. 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

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

II. chink² verb [intransitive and transitive] British English
if glass or metal objects chink, or if you chink them, they make a high ringing sound when they knock together Synonym : clink:
They chinked their glasses and drank a toast to the couple.

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲