Chink \Chink\, n. [OE. chine, AS. c[=i]ne fissure, chink, fr. c[=i]nan to gape; akin to Goth. Keinan to sprout, G. keimen. Cf. Chit.]

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

Through one cloudless chink, in a black, stormy sky. Shines out the dewy morning star. --Macaulay.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Chink \Chink\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Chinked; p. pr. & vb. n. Chinking.]

To crack; to open.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Chink \Chink\, v. t.

1. To cause to open in cracks or fissures.

2. To fill up the chinks of; as, to chink a wall.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Chink \Chink\, n. [Of imitative origin. Cf. Jingle.]

1. A short, sharp sound, as of metal struck with a slight degree of violence. ``Chink of bell.'' --Cowper.

2. Money; cash. [Cant] ``To leave his chink to better hands.'' --Somerville.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Chink \Chink\, 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. --Pope.

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Chink \Chink\, v. i. To make a slight, sharp, metallic sound, as by the collision of little pieces of money, or other small sonorous bodies. --Arbuthnot.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)