Plural of chink

Forms of chink

Chinks in a sentence

• They slept late on Sunday mornings, hearing each other wake as the sun shone through the chinks in the afterclap.2003, Wilbur Smith, The Blue Horizon, New York: St. Martin’s, published 2004, page 263. From the entry afterclap
• Their spears protruded from the chinks in this formation that was known as the ‘shieldwall’ or ‘war hedge’.1999, Robert Lacey, Danny Danziger, The Year 1000: What life was like at the turn of The First Millennium, London: Abacus, published 2000…. From the entry shield wall
• NORMAN FORBES' squire, Miss JEAN CADELL'S housekeeper, left no chinks in their armour for a critic's spleenful arrow.1920, Various, Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 158, April 28, 1920. From the entry spleenful
• I'm just wondering, how long will those ridiculously incoherent chinks rant about the fictitious militarism in Japan while the communist chinkland is exactly the militarism?2005 April 13, TripleEight, “Boycott 2008 Olympic games in the dumb dictatorial chinkland”, in soc.culture.europe (Usenet). From the entry chinkland

Meaning of chink

1. noun A narrow opening such as a fissure or crack.
2. noun A narrow beam or patch of light admitted by such an opening.
3. noun A chip or dent in something metallic.

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Questions about the plural of chink

What is the plural of chink?

The plural of chink is chinks.

Is chink countable?

Chink is a countable noun.