chinks 1 of 2

plural of chink
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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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Recent Examples of chinks
Noun
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
  • But over these objections, the school administration, following district protocol, facilitated the sixth grader’s in-school gender transition behind their backs, Foote and Silvestri told the Supreme Court.
    Mia Cathell, The Washington Examiner, 10 Oct. 2025
  • But after losing both games at Citizens Bank Park, the Phillies' backs were against the wall heading to Los Angeles for Game 3.
    Jon Paul Hoornstra, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • This invisible, climate-polluting gas can escape into the water through fissures in the sea floor, often revealing itself with a stream of bubbles weaving their way up to the ocean surface.
    Laura Paddison, CNN Money, 10 Oct. 2025
  • Johanon's remarks centered on the fissures in society.
    Detroit Free Press staff, Freep.com, 8 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Methane has been measured escaping from crevices in the seabed at a high rate as the region warms at unprecedented rates, according to a paper published in Nature Communications.
    Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 11 Oct. 2025
  • To avoid the penalty and still take advantage, teams are piling their biggest and most powerful defenders around the edges of the long snapper and using the crevices around a mostly stationary player to get into position for the block.
    Nate Atkins, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Once Woll’s bratty vamp was through draining jugulars, the actress found a second signature role as Karen Page on Marvel’s Daredevil (2015–2018).
    Matt Cabral, Entertainment Weekly, 4 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The spot was a chance to reframe the Prince of Wales' public image after years of headlines surrounding family rifts and the fallout from the departure of his brother, Prince Harry, and sister-in-law, Meghan Markle, from the royal fold in 2020.
    Erin Hill, PEOPLE, 8 Oct. 2025
  • Not just from the outside in but from our inside rifts.
    Romina Ruiz-Goiriena, USA Today, 4 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Memories are unearthed, resentments are shared, emotions are felt — and very little of it rings true.
    Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 10 Oct. 2025
  • Then, suddenly, from the top of the theater stairs, a voice rings out.
    Julian McKenzie, New York Times, 9 Oct. 2025

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“Chinks.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chinks. Accessed 15 Oct. 2025.

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