A single ray of sunlight shone through a chink in the shuttered window.
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Chink
/t͡ʃɪŋk/
Synonyms for "chink" (272 found)
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Closest matches (55)
Strong matches (81)
clog upclopcloughclumpclunkcoincolcongestconstipatecorkcorrugationcouleecouloircovercrackcrannycrevassecrevicecrumpcurrency
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cutcut opencwmdadodagodamdam updefiledelldikedingding-a-lingdingdongdingingdingledispartditchdivaricatedividedongdongadongingdoughdrawdull thudengravingexcavationfaultfillfill upfilthy lucrefissureflawflickflumeflumpfluteflutingfly openfoulfracturefrogfurrowgapgapegashgonggorgegougegroovegulchgulfgullyheel of achillesholeinciseincision
Related words (136)
interruptionjamjanglejinglejingle-janglejinglejanglejinglingjointkloofknellknellingkrautlay openleaklegal tenderlettucelimeylootmickmicrogroove
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moatmoneynotchnullahobstipateobstructopeopenopen upopeningpackpadpartpasspassagepatpatterpealpeal ringingpealingpenetrabilitypitapatpitter patterpitter-patterplugplug upplumpplunkpoppregnabilityrabbetrapravinerentriflingriftrimeringring changesringingripriveruckrupturerutscissurescorescratchseamseparateslitslotsoft spotsoundsound a knellspicspilesplitspreadspread outspringspring openstanchstaystenchstopstop upstopperstopplestreakstriastriationstuffstuff upsulcationsulcusswing opentapteartear openthrow openthudthumpticktingting-a-lingtingletinglingtinktinkletinklingtinnitustintinnabulatetolltollingtrenchtunkvalleyvincibilityvoidvulnerabilityvulnerable pointwadiwampumweak linkweak pointweaknesswell-worn groovewetbackwrinkle
Related word relations
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More general
18 entriesShowing 16 of 18 words.
More specific
8 entriesCollocations
12 entrieschink in armorchink in the wallchink the panechinked armorchinking materialchinking soundclink of coinshairline crackmetallic soundnarrow chinksmall chinktiny chink
Inflections
3 entriesDerivations
4 entriessimilar
3 entriesTranslations
25 translations across 11 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- ῥώξ noun (narrow opening)
Bulgarian
2 entries- пролука noun (narrow opening)
- цепнатина noun (narrow opening)
Finnish
2 entries- rako noun (narrow opening)
- rakonen noun (narrow opening)
German
4 entries- Riss noun (narrow opening)
- Ritze noun (narrow opening)
- Spalt noun (narrow opening)
- Spalte noun (narrow opening)
Irish
1 entries- scáineadh noun (narrow opening)
Māori
4 entries- matata noun (narrow opening)
- matatatanga noun (narrow opening)
- piere noun (narrow opening)
- riwhariwha noun (narrow opening)
Ottoman Turkish
2 entries- آرالق noun (narrow opening)
- چاك noun (narrow opening)
Polish
2 entries- szczelina noun (narrow opening)
- szpara noun (narrow opening)
Russian
2 entries- тре́щина noun (narrow opening)
- щель noun (narrow opening)
Spanish
2 entries- fisura noun (narrow opening)
- rendija noun (narrow opening)
Ukrainian
3 entries- тріщина noun (narrow opening)
- шпарина noun (narrow opening)
- щілина noun (narrow opening)
Sample sentences
24 total sentences available.
It has a chink.
Source: tatoeba (2252030)
Aart called the Chinese guy Chink.
Source: tatoeba (8013430)
There must be a chink in the armour somewhere.
Source: tatoeba (10362997)
Showing 4 of 24 available sentences.