chink

Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary

I - noun

1. (ethnic slur) offensive term for a person of Chinese descent
• Syn:
Chinaman
• Usage Domain:
disparagement, depreciation, derogation, ethnic slur, slang,
cant, jargon, lingo, argot, patois, vernacular
• Hypernyms:
Chinese
2. a narrow opening as e.g. between planks in a wall
• Hypernyms:
crack, cleft, crevice, fissure, scissure
3. a short light metallic sound
• Syn:
click, clink
• Derivationally related forms:
clink (for: clink), click (for: click)
• Hypernyms:
sound

II - verb

1. make or emit a high sound
- tinkling bells
• Syn:
tinkle, tink, clink
• Derivationally related forms:
clink (for: clink), tinkle (for: tinkle)
• Hypernyms:
sound, go
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
2. fill the chinks of, as with caulking
• Hypernyms:
plug, stop up, secure
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
3. make cracks or chinks in
- The heat checked the paint
• Syn:
check
• Derivationally related forms:
check (for: check)
• Hypernyms:
crack
• Verb Group:
crack, check, break
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s something

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  click, clink, Chinaman, check, tinkle, tink