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Chink, v. i. [imp. & p.
p. Chinked (?); p. pr. & vb.
n. Chinking.] To crack; to open.

Chink, v. t. 1.
To cause to open in cracks or fissures.

2. To fill up the chinks of; as, to
chink a wall.

Chink, n. [Of imitative origin. Cf.
Jingle.] 1. A short, sharp sound, as
of metal struck with a slight degree of violence.
"Chink of bell." Cowper.

2. Money; cash. [Cant] "To leave
his chink to better hands." Somerville.

Chink, v. t. To cause to make
a sharp metallic sound, as coins, small pieces of metal, etc., by
bringing them into collision with each other.
Pope.

Chink, v. i. To make a slight,
sharp, metallic sound, as by the collision of little pieces of
money, or other small sonorous bodies.
Arbuthnot.

Chink"y (?), a. Full of chinks
or fissures; gaping; opening in narrow clefts.
Dryden.


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