chink🔊

A narrow opening such as a fissure or crack.

A narrow beam or patch of light admitted by such an opening.

A chip or dent in something metallic.

(figuratively) A vulnerability or flaw in a protection system or in any otherwise formidable system.

To fill an opening such as the space between logs in a log house with chinking; to caulk.

To crack; to open.

To cause to open in cracks or fissures.

A slight sound as of metal objects touching each other; a clink.

(colloquial, dated, now rare) Ready money, especially in the form of coins.

To make a slight sound like that of metal objects touching.

To cause to make a sharp metallic sound, as coins, small pieces of metal, etc., by bringing them into collision with each other.