chink

1. n. A small cleft, rent, or fissure, of greater length than breadth; a gap or crack; as, the chinks of wall. Source: opted

2. v. i. To crack; to open. Source: opted

3. v. t. To cause to open in cracks or fissures. Source: opted

4. v. t. To fill up the chinks of; as, to chink a wall. Source: opted

5. n. A short, sharp sound, as of metal struck with a slight degree of violence. Source: opted

6. n. Money; cash. Source: opted

7. v. t. To cause to make a sharp metallic sound, as coins, small pieces of metal, etc., by bringing them into collision with each other. Source: opted

8. v. i. To make a slight, sharp, metallic sound, as by the collision of little pieces of money, or other small sonorous bodies. Source: opted

9. n. (ethnic slur) offensive term for a person of Chinese descent Source: wordnet

10. n. a narrow opening as e.g. between planks in a wall Source: wordnet

11. n. a short light metallic sound Source: wordnet

12. v. make or emit a high sound Source: wordnet

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