Thesaurus results for CHINKS

chinks 1 of 2

noun

plural of chink

as in backs

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 fissures

an irregular usually narrow break in a surface created by pressure plugged the chinks in the walls with mortar

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chinks

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verb

present tense third-person singular of chink

as in clinks

to make a repeated sharp light ringing sound in the breeze the flag's chain chinked against the flagpole

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Noun

The book is, in fact, a sober, evenhanded analysis of a field that, until recently, had few chinks in its armor. — Dan Piepenbring, Harpers Magazine, 4 Aug. 2026 The result is a fiery and impassioned offering that finds the veteran fully engaged and intent on proving no chinks have been left in his armor despite his tenuous back-and-forth with his Compton counterpart. — Preezy Brown, VIBE.com, 15 May 2026 Does the bazaar allow for chinks in the kind of class barriers that would usually exist? — Cressida Leyshon, New Yorker, 23 Nov. 2025 But after the break, the Americans started to find some chinks in the English armour. — Peter Carline, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2025

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Noun

Treatments lean practical and recovery-focused, with deep-tissue and sports massages that zero in on quads, hips, and lower backs after long ski days.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 11 Nov. 2026
Gibbs and McCaffrey reach TD milestones Two of the NFL’s most dynamic running backs reached impressive milestones.

— Josh Dubow, Chicago Tribune, 11 Nov. 2026

Definition of backs

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An exception to the rule occurs over volcanic fissures on the flanks of the Alba Mons volcano, in early summer.

— Robert Lea, Space.com, 4 Nov. 2026
The opposition has articulated clear differences from the current government on matters of domestic policy, but major fissures on the Palestinian conflict, Iran, and Israel’s wider regional military campaigns are less apparent.

— Dalia Dassa Kaye, Foreign Affairs, 27 Oct. 2026

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Verb

As the bullet weight clinks and clacks along the bottom, bass will key in on your rig and follow it.

— Derek Horner, Outdoor Life, 2 Apr. 2026
Each robot, remotely operated, clinks glasses and gestures in unison, embodying the camaraderie and hope of the musical’s revolutionaries.

— Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 3 Nov. 2025

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The most caustic people in the world often have the softest underbellies — at least if Alden Ehrenreich is playing them.

— Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 29 Apr. 2026
Cashmere is expensive because these goats produce a limited amount of this precious fiber, found on their underbellies, and the process of obtaining the wool is labor-intensive.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 31 Mar. 2026

Definition of underbellies

Noun

Crabs and mussels, prehistoric bugs, bits of seaweed, tiny minnows, they all get deposited, then stranded, in the cracks and crevices on top of these massive rocks.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 2 Nov. 2026
These products seem to get into tiny crevices in the tooth enamel.

— Rachel Carlson, NPR, 2 Nov. 2026

Definition of crevices

Verb

This also rings true for the physical and mental toll type 1 diabetes takes, not just on the person diagnosed, but on the entire family.

— Nick Jonas, Time, 5 Nov. 2026
While this sentiment rings true, there is a significant amount of precedent to suggest that not all tax hikes are created equal in the eyes of California voters.

— Trevor Laurence Jockims, CNBC, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of rings

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But as factions jockey to succeed him, the crisis has exacerbated political rifts.

— EMILIO SANABRIA, Arkansas Online, 4 Nov. 2026
But the Michigan race has been mired in tensions since a bitter primary battle that ended with El-Sayed’s narrow defeat of Stevens and that exposed deep rifts in the party over Israel.

— Erin Cox, Washington Post, 1 Nov. 2026

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