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CHINKED
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Dictionary entry overview: What does chinked mean?
• CHINKED (adjective)
The adjective CHINKED has 1 sense:
1. having narrow opening filled
Familiarity information: CHINKED used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Having narrow opening filled
Synonyms:
chinked; stopped-up
Similar:
caulked (having cracks and crevices stopped up with a filler)
Context examples
In one hand he held a guttering candle and in the other a brown bag, which chinked as he moved.
(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Hans was restless, and Edith felt uncomfortable. Dennin lay on his back, staring straight up at the moss- chinked roof.
(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)
This man talked with Manuel, and money chinked between them.
(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)
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