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English to English noun
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(ethnic slur) offensive term for a person of Chinese descent |  | source: wordnet30
| 2 |
a narrow opening as e.g. between planks in a wall | | source: wordnet30
| 3 |
a short light metallic sound | | source: wordnet30
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A small cleft, rent, or fissure, of greater length than breadth; a gap or crack; as, the chinks of a wall. | | source: webster1913
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A short, sharp sound, as of metal struck with a slight degree of violence. | | source: webster1913
verb
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make or emit a high sound | | Example: tinkling bells
source: wordnet30
| 7 |
fill the chinks of, as with caulking | | source: wordnet30
| 8 |
make cracks or chinks in | | Example: The heat checked the paint
source: wordnet30
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To crack; to open. | | source: webster1913
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To cause to open in cracks or fissures. | | source: webster1913
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To cause to make a sharp metallic sound, as coins, small pieces of metal, etc., by bringing them into collision with each other. | | source: webster1913
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To make a slight, sharp, metallic sound, as by the collision of little pieces of money, or other small sonorous bodies. | | source: webster1913
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