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chinking

chinking noun: the material used to fill the spaces between logs in a log house; caulking. Also the present participle and gerund of chink.

Noun

chinking (countable and uncountable, plural chinkings)

  1. The material used to fill the spaces between logs in a log house; caulking.
  2. The sound of something that chinks.
    • All the sounds mingle with the chinkings of the gold and silver coin […]1887, May Hodgson, A day of life, page 187
    • A dozen soup-plates circulated, and a hymn was sung to the accompaniment of much chinking of coin.1925 July – 1926 May, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “(please specify the chapter number)”, in The Land of Mist (eBook no. 0601351h.html), Australia: Project Gutenberg Australia, published April 2019

Also used as

chinking is also the present participle and gerund of chink.

Forms of chinking

pluralchinkings

Phrases with chinking

Questions about chinking

What does chinking mean?
Chinking means the material used to fill the spaces between logs in a log house; caulking.
What part of speech is chinking?
Chinking is a noun.
What is the plural of chinking?
The plural of chinking is chinkings.

Words near chinking in the dictionary

  1. chinkie
  2. chinkier
  3. chinkies
  4. chinkiest
  5. chinkiness
  6. chinking
  7. chinking up
  8. chinkings
  9. chinkland
  10. chinkle
  11. chinkled

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