"chinks" in the noun sense
1. chink, Chinaman
ethnic slur) offensive term for a person of Chinese descent
2. chink
a narrow opening as e.g. between planks in a wall
3. chink, click, clink
a short light metallic sound
"chinks" in the verb sense
1. tinkle, tink, clink, chink
make or emit a high sound
"tinkling bells"
2. chink
fill the chinks of, as with caulking
3. check, chink
make cracks or chinks in
"The heat checked the paint"
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