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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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chink

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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
Meanwhile, Liverpool come into this battle with some chinks in their armour. Oli Gamp, The Athletic, 14 Jan. 2025 His perfect armor will begin to exhibit chinks at some time, and his infallibility will become exactly the opposite. Agustino Fontevecchia, Forbes, 9 Jan. 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
  • This is not the moment to slow down the fight or turn our backs on TB.
    Peter Sands, Forbes, 23 Mar. 2025
  • Democrats have turned their backs on the working class of this country.
    ABC News, ABC News, 23 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • While cleaning floors is what first comes to mind when purchasing a new vacuum, this one is also a game changer for upholstery and vents thanks to its crevice tool and dust brush attachments.
    Ali Faccenda, People.com, 17 Mar. 2025
  • These brooms usually are lightweight and have angled heads to get into cracks and crevices.
    BestReviews, The Mercury News, 6 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • As seen in a video shared on X by royal reporter Rebecca English, the King and Queen clinked their drinks together before sipping it down in one go.
    Janine Henni, People.com, 19 Mar. 2025
  • But hey, the man clearly loves love and clinks his champagne glass until the happy couple performs another painful-looking kiss.
    Sara Netzley, EW.com, 4 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Almost straight from the restart, France pressured Argentina into a hurried clearance, and from there France went straight for the jugular.
    Jonathan Clegg, WSJ, 18 Dec. 2022
  • Monica goes for the jugular, among other vulnerable body parts.
    Charles McNultyTheater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 14 Dec. 2022
Noun
  • The process has exposed a major fissure between Democratic leader Chuck Schumer and other members and activists irate that the party isn’t doing more to try to stop Donald Trump.
    Ted Johnson, Deadline, 14 Mar. 2025
  • Antisemitic conspiracy theories are flooding America's most popular pro-Trump podcasts, exposing deep political and moral fissures at the heart of the new MAGA coalition.
    Zachary Basu, Axios, 12 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • The video includes footage of a set of handcuffs and chains jingling as they are pulled from a basket containing other shackles and then laid out on the airport tarmac next to four other sets of restraints.
    Dan Mangan, CNBC, 18 Feb. 2025
  • The Decca Christmas Recordings jingles 19-15, surpassing its prior No. 17 high – and marking a new best rank for Lee over her 61-plus-year span of appearing on the chart.
    Jim Asker, Billboard, 31 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • Small Victory was also an EP on that drama in which Reinhart plays Daisy Moriarty, who is dealing with a chaotic personal life, and becomes drawn into the underbelly of the internet.
    Anthony D'Alessandro, Deadline, 17 Mar. 2025
  • Ferguson is a strong route runner, has the instincts to find the soft underbelly of a zone defense and wins 50-50 balls (Nix needs someone else to do this besides Courtland Sutton).
    Troy Renck, The Denver Post, 5 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Today’s top stories (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times ) After a rift on the shutdown, California Democrats try to refocus the budget fight on Medicaid Democrats split last week over a Republican stopgap measure to avoid a government shutdown.
    Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 20 Mar. 2025
  • But a rift emerged between the rappers after Jay-Z and Beyoncé skipped West's 2014 wedding with Kardashian.
    Shania Russell, EW.com, 19 Mar. 2025

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“Chink.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chink. Accessed 2 Apr. 2025.

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