A small cleft, rent, or fissure, of greater length than breadth; a gap or crack; as, the chinks of a wall.
a chinaman; a chinese person; - disparaging and offensive.
A short, sharp sound, as of metal struck with a slight degree of violence.
Money; cash.
To crack; to open.
To make a slight, sharp, metallic sound, as by the collision of little pieces of money, or other small sonorous bodies.
To cause to open in cracks or fissures.
To fill up the chinks of; as, to chink a wall.
To cause to make a sharp metallic sound, as coins, small pieces of metal, etc., by bringing them into collision with each other.
A twist or loop in a rope or thread, caused by a spontaneous doubling or winding upon itself; a close loop or curl; a doubling in a cord.
An unreasonable notion; a crotchet; a whim; a caprice.
A fit of coughing; also, a convulsive fit of laughter.
To wind into a kink; to knot or twist spontaneously upon itself, as a rope or thread.
