chink
verb/tʃɪŋk/
/tʃɪŋk/
[intransitive, transitive]Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they chink | /tʃɪŋk/ /tʃɪŋk/ |
| he / she / it chinks | /tʃɪŋks/ /tʃɪŋks/ |
| past simple chinked | /tʃɪŋkt/ /tʃɪŋkt/ |
| past participle chinked | /tʃɪŋkt/ /tʃɪŋkt/ |
| -ing form chinking | /ˈtʃɪŋkɪŋ/ /ˈtʃɪŋkɪŋ/ |
- when glasses, coins or other glass or metal objects chink or when you chink them, they make a light ringing sound synonym clink
- the sound of bottles chinking
- chink something We chinked glasses and drank to each other's health.
Word Originverb late 16th cent.: imitative.Definitions on the go
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