to chink

Examples

• All

• The bullet chinks through the coffee pot Mabel's holding and explodes, thunking her in the chest.

  Fiction book (1994)

• The builders needed to chink the gaps between the logs to keep out the cold air.

• Before winter, make sure to chink any openings in your home to improve insulation.

Synonyms

B

to breach

vsto chink

67 4.2

To make an opening in a wall or barrier

is used for small narrow cracks rather than large forced openings

G

to gap

vsto chink

1 5.5

To make an opening or break in something

is narrower, making small cracks or thin openings

C

to check

vsto chink

1 8.2

Get small cracks on the surface when it dries or gets old

is an active act that creates narrow openings rather than passive cracking

F

to fissure

vsto chink

1 7.2

To form long narrow cracks in rock or the ground

is a single narrow opening rather than many fine cracks

Antonyms

S

to seal

457 2.5

To close something tightly to stop air or water getting in

R

repair

352 2.3

Work done to fix something that is broken

Idioms

C

chink in the armor

• Informal

1 7.4

A small weakness in a person, group, or system that others can use

C

chink in someone's argument

• Informal

7.4

A small weakness in someone's reasons that other people can use

How Wide

to shatter

72 2.8

to split

513 1.3

to crack

311 1.0

to chip

104 2.3

to chink

8.6

nick

200 3.6

Surface Forms

Etymology