Thesaurus results for CHINK

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noun

ˈchiŋk

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as in back

a vulnerable point before the tournament she studied tapes of her chief rival, looking for the chink in her game

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as in crevice

an irregular usually narrow break in a surface created by pressure plugged the chinks in the walls with mortar

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verb

as in to clink

to make a repeated sharp light ringing sound in the breeze the flag's chain chinked against the flagpole

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Recent Examples of chink

Noun

Parkinson, however, had other ideas after spotting a chink in the Chelsea armour. —

Richard Sutcliffe, New York Times, 8 Mar. 2026 Does the bazaar allow for chinks in the kind of class barriers that would usually exist? —

Cressida Leyshon, New Yorker, 23 Nov. 2025

Verb

One of our challenges was thinking up a good chinking method that wouldn’t take an entire month. —

Tasha Zemke, Outside Online, 24 Oct. 2024 See All Example Sentences for chink

Recent Examples of Synonyms for chink

Noun

Teams have been less willing to let San Diego play through central zones, less surprised by its buildup structure and more eager to test the space behind its fullbacks and center backs.

— Eddie Brown, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 May 2026
There were people on all the chairs and sitting on the floor in the aisles and even standing at the back, leaning up against the wall.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 29 May 2026