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| chink | |
| 1. sost. crepa, fessura | |
| there is a chink in the wall - c'è una crepa nel muro | |
| 2. sost. (senso figurato) breccia, falla, punto debole o vulnerabile | |
| the enemy found a chink in our defences - il nemico ha trovato una falla nelle nostre difese | |
| this theory has a chink - questa teoria ha un punto debole | |
| 3. sost. (gergale), (offensivo) epiteto offensivo e razzista per riferirsi a una persona cinese | |
| 4. sost. tintinnio | |
| the coins fell to the ground with a loud chink - le monete caddero a terra con un forte tintinnio | |
| 5. verb. tintinnare | |
| the coins were chinking in my pocket - le monete tintinnavano nella mia tasca | |
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| chink | |
| 1. subst. A narrow opening such as a fissure or crack. |  |
| 2. subst. A chip or dent (in something metallic). | |
| 3. subst. (figuratively) A vulnerability or flaw in a protection system or in any otherwise formidable system. | |
| 4. v. To fill an opening such as the space between logs in a log house with chinking; to caulk. | |
| to chink a wall | |
| 5. v. (intransitive) To crack; to open. | |
| 6. v. To cause to open in cracks or fissures. | |
| 7. subst. A slight sound as of metal objects touching each other; a clink. | |
| 8. subst. (colloquial, now rare) Ready money, especially in the form of coins. | |
| 9. v. (intransitive) To make a slight sound like that of metal objects touching. | |
| The coins were chinking in his pocket. | |
| 10. v. To cause to make a sharp metallic sound, as coins, small pieces of metal, etc., by bringing them into collision with each other. | |
| 11. subst. alternative form of Chink | |
