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(1):

(v. t.) To cause to make a sharp metallic sound, as coins, small pieces of metal, etc., by bringing them into collision with each other.

(2):

(v. i.) To crack; to open.

(3):

(v. i.) To make a slight, sharp, metallic sound, as by the collision of little pieces of money, or other small sonorous bodies.

(4):

(n.) Money; cash.

(5):

(n.) A short, sharp sound, as of metal struck with a slight degree of violence.

(6):

(v. t.) To fill up the chinks of; as, to chink a wall.

(7):

(v. t.) To cause to open in cracks or fissures.

(8):

(n.) A small cleft, rent, or fissure, of greater length than breadth; a gap or crack; as, the chinks of wall.