Definisjon av chink på Engelsk

WordNet

Noun
chink - a short light metallic sound
		click, clink
		sound the particular auditory effect produced by a given cause; "the sound of rain on the roof"; "the beautiful sound of music"
chink - (ethnic slur) offensive term for a person of Chinese descent
		Chinaman
		chinese any of the Sino-Tibetan languages spoken in China; regarded as dialects of a single language (even though they are mutually unintelligible) because they share an ideographic writing system
		derogation, disparagement, depreciation (law) the partial taking away of the effectiveness of a law; a partial repeal or abolition of a law; "any derogation of the common law is to be strictly construed"
		ethnic slur a slur on someone's race or language
chink - a narrow opening as e.g. between planks in a wall
		scissure, cleft, crevice, fissure, crack a split or indentation in something (as the palate or chin)
Verb
chink - fill the chinks of, as with caulking
		stop up, plug, secure insert as a plug; "She plugged a cork in the wine bottle"
chink - make cracks or chinks in; "The heat checked the paint"
		check
		crack break into simpler molecules by means of heat; "The petroleum cracked"
chink - make or emit a high sound; "tinkling bells"
		tinkle, tink, clink
		sound, go appear in a certain way; "This sounds interesting"

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Substantiv
chink - A narrow opening such as a fissure or crack.
chink - A chip or dent in something metallic.
chink - A vulnerability or flaw in a protection system or in any otherwise formidable system, idiomatically derived from the phrase "chink in armor".
chink - Coin or ready cash.
chink - A slight sound as of metal objects touching each other.
chink - Ready money, especially in the form of coins.
Verb
chink - To fill an opening such as the space between logs in a log house with chinking; to caulk.
chink - To crack; to open.
chink - To make a slight sound like that of metal objects touching.

Chink or sometimes Chinki is a racial slur referring mainly to a person of Chinese ethnicity but sometimes generalized to refer to any person of East Asian descent. Contemporary usage of the word as an ethnic slur has sparked controversies in public and popular media.