Definitions
1.nounA person of perceived Chinese ethnicity.
2.nounA narrow opening such as a fissure or crack.
3.nounA chip or dent in something metallic."The warrior saw a chink in her enemy's armor, and aimed her spear accordingly."
4.nounA vulnerability or flaw in a protection system or in any otherwise formidable system."The chink in the theory is that the invaders have superior muskets."
5.verbTo fill an opening such as the space between logs in a log house with chinking; to caulk."to chink a wall"
6.verbTo crack; to open.
7.verbTo cause to open in cracks or fissures.
8.nounA slight sound as of metal objects touching each other; a clink.
9.nounReady money, especially in the form of coins.
10.verbTo make a slight sound like that of metal objects touching."The coins were chinking in his pocket."
11.verbTo cause to make a sharp metallic sound, as coins, small pieces of metal, etc., by bringing them into collision with each other.
12.nounA convulsive fit of coughing or laughter; a sonorous indraft of breath; a whoop; a gasp of breath caused by laughing, coughing, or crying.
13.verbTo laugh loudly.
14.verbTo gasp for breath as in a severe fit of coughing.