The meaning of chink is a small cleft, slit, or fissure How to use chink in a sentence. Chink noun (sound) [ u ] a light ringing sound The chink of glass against glass (definition of chink from the cambridge academic content dictionary © cambridge university press) A crack, cleft, or fissure. See examples of chink used in a sentence.
A chink of light is a small patch of light that shines through a small opening in something. “the word “chink” originated in the 19th century as a racial slur against people of chinese descent after a movement was started to expel chinese workers from the united states” Chink (plural chinks) a narrow opening such as a fissure or crack Factsheet what does the word chink mean There are two meanings listed in oed's entry for the word chink See ‘meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence
