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chink

-1 n. ஓட்டை, பிளவு, புடை, புழை, துளை.-2 n. கணகண ஒலி, நாணய ஒலி, (வி.) கணகண ஓசை செய், நாணயத்தைக் கணீரென்று ஒலிக்க வை.-3 n. மூச்சு வாங்கமுடியாத எய்ப்பு நிலை, திணறல்.


Chink, n. Etym: [OE. chine, AS. cine fissure, chink, fr. cinan to gape; akin to Goth. Keinan to sprout, G. keimen. Cf. Chit.] Defn: A small cleft, rent, or fissure, of greater length than breadth; a gap or crack; as, the chinks of wall. Through one cloudless chink, in a black, stormy sky. Shines out the dewy morning star. Macaulay. Chink, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Chinked; p. pr. & vb. n. Chinking.] Defn: To crack; to open. Chink, v. t. 1. To cause to open in cracks or fissures. 2. To fill up the chinks of; as, to chink a wall. Chink, n. Etym: [Of imitative origin. Cf. Jingle.] 1. A short, sharp sound, as of metal struck with a slight degree of violence. "Chink of bell." Cowper. 2. Money; cash. [Cant] "To leave his chink to better hands." Somerville. Chink, v. t. Defn: To cause to make a sharp metallic sound, as coins, small pieces of metal, etc., by bringing them into collision with each other. Pope. Chink, v. i. Defn: To make a slight, sharp, metallic sound, as by the collision of little pieces of money, or other small sonorous bodies. Arbuthnot. Chink, n. Etym: [OE. chine, AS. cine fissure, chink, fr. cinan to gape; akin to Goth. Keinan to sprout, G. keimen. Cf. Chit.] Defn: A small cleft, rent, or fissure, of greater length than breadth; a gap or crack; as, the chinks of wall. Through one cloudless chink, in a black, stormy sky. Shines out the dewy morning star. Macaulay. Chink, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Chinked; p. pr. & vb. n. Chinking.] Defn: To crack; to open. Chink, v. t. 1. To cause to open in cracks or fissures. 2. To fill up the chinks of; as, to chink a wall. Chink, n. Etym: [Of imitative origin. Cf. Jingle.] 1. A short, sharp sound, as of metal struck with a slight degree of violence. "Chink of bell." Cowper. 2. Money; cash. [Cant] "To leave his chink to better hands." Somerville. Chink, v. t. Defn: To cause to make a sharp metallic sound, as coins, small pieces of metal, etc., by bringing them into collision with each other. Pope. Chink, v. i. Defn: To make a slight, sharp, metallic sound, as by the collision of little pieces of money, or other small sonorous bodies. Arbuthnot. Chink, n. Etym: [OE. chine, AS. cine fissure, chink, fr. cinan to gape; akin to Goth. Keinan to sprout, G. keimen. Cf. Chit.] Defn: A small cleft, rent, or fissure, of greater length than breadth; a gap or crack; as, the chinks of wall. Through one cloudless chink, in a black, stormy sky. Shines out the dewy morning star. Macaulay. Chink, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Chinked; p. pr. & vb. n. Chinking.] Defn: To crack; to open. Chink, v. t. 1. To cause to open in cracks or fissures. 2. To fill up the chinks of; as, to chink a wall. Chink, n. Etym: [Of imitative origin. Cf. Jingle.] 1. A short, sharp sound, as of metal struck with a slight degree of violence. "Chink of bell." Cowper. 2. Money; cash. [Cant] "To leave his chink to better hands." Somerville. Chink, v. t. Defn: To cause to make a sharp metallic sound, as coins, small pieces of metal, etc., by bringing them into collision with each other. Pope. Chink, v. i. Defn: To make a slight, sharp, metallic sound, as by the collision of little pieces of money, or other small sonorous bodies. Arbuthnot.


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