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chinkier

chinkier is the comparative form of chinky.

Meaning of chinky

Adjective (1)

chinky (comparative chinkier or more chinky, superlative chinkiest or most chinky)

  1. Full of chinks, laden with small cracks or openings.
    • […] the accustomed warmth pierced his marrow, and ran thrilling through his shaken bones; just as when at times, with forked thunder burst, a chinky stream of fire in flashy lightning shoots athwart the skies.1826, Benjamin Apthorp Gould, The Works of Vergil: Translated into English Prose
  2. Resembling a chink sound.
    • The money made a chinky sound as I shook the purse.

Adjective (2)

chinky (comparative more chinky, superlative most chinky)

  1. (derogatory, offensive) Possessing attributes of, or similar to, a Chinese person or Chinese style or culture.
  2. (derogatory, offensive) Possessing attributes of, or similar to, an East Asian person or an East Asian style or culture.

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Questions about chinkier

What is chinkier the comparative form of?
Chinkier is the comparative form of chinky.

Words near chinkier in the dictionary

  1. chinkerinchees
  2. chinkers
  3. Chinkiang
  4. Chinkiang vinegar
  5. chinkie
  6. chinkier
  7. chinkies
  8. chinkiest
  9. chinkiness
  10. chinking
  11. chinking up

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Adapted from Wiktionary: chinkier (page history and authors); chinky (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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