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chink up

chink up verb: to fill cracks in something, for example a wall.

Verb

chink up (third-person singular simple present chinks up, present participle chinking up, simple past and past participle chinked up)

  1. (idiomatic, transitive) To fill cracks in something, for example a wall.

Forms of chink up

third-person singular presentchinks up
present participlechinking up
past participlechinked up
pastchinked up

Questions about chink up

What does chink up mean?
Chink up means to fill cracks in something, for example a wall.
What part of speech is chink up?
Chink up is a verb.
What is the past tense of chink up?
The past tense of chink up is chinked up.

Words near chink up in the dictionary

  1. chink
  2. chink cough
  3. chink in the armor
  4. chink in the armour
  5. chink land
  6. chink up
  7. chink-a-chink
  8. chink-land
  9. Chinka
  10. chinkapin
  11. chinkapin oak

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