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chinking up

chinking up is the present participle and gerund of chink up.

Meaning of chink up

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.

Questions about chinking up

What is chinking up the present participle and gerund of?
Chinking up is the present participle and gerund of chink up.

Words near chinking up in the dictionary

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

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