• Chinking

    Full definition of chinking

    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.
      • 1887, May Hodgson, A day of life (page 187)All the sounds mingle with the chinkings of the gold and silver coin ...

    Verb

    chinking
    1. Present participle of chink
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