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plural of chink
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1
a vulnerable point
- before the tournament she studied tapes of her chief rival, looking for the chink in her game
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2
an irregular usually narrow break in a surface created by pressure
- plugged the chinks in the walls with mortar
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chinks
verb
present tense third-person singular of chink
Synonyms of chinks (Entry 2 of 2)
to make a repeated sharp light ringing sound
- in the breeze the flag's chain chinked against the flagpole
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“Chinks.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chinks. Accessed 27 Oct. 2021.
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