chink n
1. offensive terms for a person of Chinese descent [syn: Chinaman]
2. a narrow opening as e.g. between planks in a wall
3. a short light metallic sound [syn: click, clink] v
4. make or emit a high sound; "tinkling bells" [syn: tinkle, tink, clink]
5. fill the chinks of, as with caulking
6. make cracks or chinks in; "The heat checked the paint" [syn: check]

Chink \Chink\, n. [OE. chine, AS. c[=i]ne fissure, chink, fr. c[=i]nan to gape; akin to Goth. Keinan to sprout, G. keimen. Cf. Chit.] 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 \Chink\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Chinked; p. pr. & vb. n. Chinking.] To crack; to open.

Chink \Chink\, v. t.
1. To cause to open in cracks or fissures.
2. To fill up the chinks of; as, to chink a wall.

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Chink or sometimes Chinki is a racial slur referring mainly to a person of Chinese ethnicity but sometimes generalized to refer to any person of East Asian descent. Contemporary usage of the word as an ethnic slur has sparked controversies in the media for many years.

A number of dictionaries have provided different suggestions as to the origin of chink. Some of these suggestions are that it originated from the Chinese courtesy ching-ching, as in the Qing Dynasty.

A final explanation posits that the word evolved from the other meaning of chink, which is a small crevice, being a simile for small or slanted eyes (Sometimes, the word is indeed employed as an adjective, as in chink-eyed).

"Chink"'s first usage is recorded from about 1890

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