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chinked

/tʃɪŋkt/

chinkedpast participle

/tʃɪŋkt/

Past participle of the verb "chink" used adjectivally.

Traductions

щелевой

The chinked wall allowed a draft to enter the room.

Щелевой стене позволял сквозняку проникать в комнату.

Définitions

Having small cracks or gaps.

The chinked walls of the old cabin allowed cold air to seep through during the winter.

Packed or sealed with chinking material between logs.

The freshly chinked log cabin kept the wind at bay.

Synonymes

chinkverb

chinked

Past Simple

chinked

Past Simple

chinked

Past Participle

chinking

Gerund

/tʃɪŋk/

Traductions

звякать

The coins chink in his pocket as he walks.

Монеты звякают в его кармане, когда он идет.

Définitions

To make a light, high-pitched ringing sound, typically as a result of small metal objects striking each other.

The coins chinked in his pocket as he walked.

To cause (metal, glass, or similar objects) to produce a light, high-pitched ringing sound by striking them together.

She chinked the wine glasses to call for silence.

To fill the cracks or gaps in (a structure such as a log cabin).

Workers chinked the log walls with clay and moss to keep out drafts.

Synonymes

chinknoun

Définitions

A narrow opening or crack, typically one that admits light.

A chink in the curtains allowed a sliver of sunlight to enter the room.

A high-pitched ringing sound, often made by metal or glass.

The chink of glasses could be heard as the guests toasted to the occasion.

A weakness or vulnerable spot in someone’s defenses, system, or argument.

The audit revealed a chink in the company’s cybersecurity armour.

(Offensive, ethnic slur) A person of Chinese or, more broadly, East Asian descent.

The word "chink" is an offensive slur and should never be used to describe Chinese people.

(Archaic, slang) Money, especially coins.

He jingled the chink in his pocket before buying a ticket.

chinkadjective

Définitions

(Offensive, ethnic slur) Relating to Chinese, or more broadly East Asian, people or their culture.

The restaurant was mocked with a chink stereotype in the advert.