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chink

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of chink

1 a vulnerable point

  • before the tournament she studied tapes of her chief rival, looking for the chink in her game
Synonyms of chink

Achilles' heel, back, jugular, soft spot, underbelly
Words Related to chink

downfall, ruin, undoing

hamartia, tragic flaw

2 an irregular usually narrow break in a surface created by pressure

  • plugged the chinks in the walls with mortar
Synonyms of chink

check, cleft, crack, cranny, crevice, fissure, rift, split
Words Related to chink

crevasse

craze, hairline

fracture, rupture

breach, gap, opening

cut, gash, incision, slit

chink

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of chink

to make a repeated sharp light ringing sound

  • in the breeze the flag's chain chinked against the flagpole
Synonyms of chink

clink, jingle, tingle, tinkle
Words Related to chink

clang, clangor, clank, clash, crash

clack, clatter, rattle

chime, ding, ding-dong, gong, jangle, ping, plink, ring

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