n. [ OE. chine, AS. cīne fissure, chink, fr. cīnan 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 a wall. [ 1913 Webster ]

Through one cloudless chink, in a black, stormy sky.
Shines out the dewy morning star. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To make a slight, sharp, metallic sound, as by the collision of little pieces of money, or other small sonorous bodies. Arbuthnot. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ From chinaman. ] a chinaman; a chinese person; -- disparaging and offensive. [ slang ] [ PJC ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Chinked p. pr. & vb. n. Chinking. ] To crack; to open. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. 1. To cause to open in cracks or fissures. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To fill up the chinks of; as, to chink a wall. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Money; cash. [ Cant ] “To leave his chink to better hands.” Somerville. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Full of chinks or fissures; gaping; opening in narrow clefts. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]