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chinks up

chinks up is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 chinks up

What is chinks up the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Chinks up is the third-person singular simple present indicative of chink up.

Words near chinks up in the dictionary

  1. chinkled
  2. chinkles
  3. chinkling
  4. chinks
  5. chinks in the armor
  6. chinks up
  7. chinkware
  8. chinky
  9. Chinland
  10. Chinle
  11. Chinle Creek

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