\Chink\, n. [OE. chine, AS. c[=i]ne fissure, chink, fr.
c[=i]nan to gape; akin to Goth. Keinan to sprout, G. keimen.
Cf. {Chit}.]
A small cleft, rent, or fissure, of greater length than
breadth; a gap or crack; as, the chinks of wall.
      Through one cloudless chink, in a black, stormy sky.
      Shines out the dewy morning star.        --Macaulay.

\Chink\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Chinked}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Chinking}.]
To crack; to open.

\Chink\, v. t.
1. To cause to open in cracks or fissures.
2. To fill up the chinks of; as, to chink a wall.

\Chink\, n. [Of imitative origin. Cf. {Jingle}.]
1. A short, sharp sound, as of metal struck with a slight
   degree of violence. ``Chink of bell.'' --Cowper.
2. Money; cash. [Cant] ``To leave his chink to better
   hands.'' --Somerville.

\Chink\, v. t.
To cause to make a sharp metallic sound, as coins, small
pieces of metal, etc., by bringing them into collision with
each other. --Pope.

\Chink\, v. i.
To make a slight, sharp, metallic sound, as by the collision
of little pieces of money, or other small sonorous bodies.
--Arbuthnot.