chink
11
6.4
- noun
- /tʃɪŋk/
- The storm created several chinks in the roof, allowing rainwater to leak inside.
Loading YouTube…
Watch on YouTubeLike, they want to know what chinks are in your armor.
- Like, they want to know what chinks are in your armor.
- And he tried to find a chink in their armour.
- And as a result, we started to see some, some chinks in our herd immunity armor.
- Those little chinks are going to add up to, to big bad chinks.
Examples
-
He noticed a chink in the wall where the sunlight streamed through.
-
There was a small chink in the old wooden fence that needed repair.
-
Every stone wall has a chink in it.
-
For a while, all he did was peer through a chink in the wall.
Fiction book (1997) -
Through a chink in the brick, she felt the night breathing in at her.
Fiction book (1993) -
The first chink in the Berlin Wall had been chipped away.
Academic text (1999) -
However, this current financial situation puts a slight chink in the Wii U's launch.
Blog text (32) -
Any chink in security, any weakness, however slight, must be plugged immediately.
-
Through a chink in the unfinished wall, he sees Delbert come in the front door.
Fiction book (2001) -
I leaned my head back and searched sixteen floors above me for the one chink in the building's reflective armor.
Fiction book (1995)
Synonyms
295
1.0
A long narrow opening in a surface
29
4.2
A narrow opening in rock or a wall where things can hide
21
4.8
A small narrow gap or crack in a wall where things can hide
Antonyms
Idioms
- Informal
3
7.4
A small weakness in a person, group, or system that others can use
- Informal
A small weakness in someone's reasons that other people can use
How Wide
Surface Forms
Etymology
Chink meaning a narrow 'opening' or 'crack' is a very old word for a small space where light or air comes through. That is also why we use the phrase 'a chink in the armor' to mean a small weak point.