chink
A narrow opening such as a fissure or crackA narrow opening such as a fissure or crack.
» There must be a chink in the armour somewhere.
Meaning
6 sensesA narrow opening such as a fissure or crack.
Spalt, Riss, Ritze
тре́щинаtréščina, щельščelʹ
шпаринаšparyna, щілинаščilyna, тріщинаtriščyna
a narrow opening as e.g. between planks in a wall
A narrow opening such as a fissure or crack.
A narrow beam or patch of light admitted by such an opening.
I noticed a chink of light under the door.
A chip or dent in something metallic.
The warrior saw a chink in her enemy's armor, and aimed her spear accordingly.
Delle, Beule
цара́пинаcarápina, сколskol
a short light metallic sound
(figuratively)A vulnerability or flaw in a protection system or in any otherwise formidable system.
The chink in the theory is that the invaders have superior muskets.
(countable)A slight sound as of metal objects touching each other; a clink.
Klang, Klimpern, Klingen
побрякиваниеpobrjakivanije
(archaic, colloquial, dated, uncountable)Ready money, especially in the form of coins.
Bargeld, Zaster, Moneten
Examples
5 sentencesThere must be a chink in the armour somewhere.
A single ray of sunlight shone through a chink in the shuttered window.
ruОдинокий луч света прорвался сквозь щель в заставненном окне.
Chinks eat a lot of rice.
It has a chink.
Aart called the Chinese guy Chink.
Translations
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Origin
Of uncertain origin, but apparently an extension, with diminutive -k (see more at -ock), oOf uncertain origin, but apparently an extension, with diminutive -k (see more at -ock), of Middle English chine (or, if already suffixed in Middle English, *chinek), from Old English ċine (“a crack, chine, chink”), equivalent to chine + -k.
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