noun / verb
chink
CHINK/tʃɪŋk/
A narrow opening between surfaces.
A narrow chink between the boards lets a thin line of sunlight through.
Etymology
The older word meant ‘fissure,’ so the modern sense preserves the same image of a surface split open into a narrow gap.
In context
so that I see her, it is the same to me whether it be over a wall, or at a window, or through the chink of a door
More examples
- They found a chink in the team's otherwise strong defense.
- The workers chinked the log walls to keep out drafts.
- She peers through a chink in the shutters.
Forms
chink · chinks · chinked · chinking
Similar words
- crack
- Crack is a general split; chink often suggests a narrow opening between surfaces.