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"word": "chink in the armor"
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"text": "I noticed a chink of light under the door.",
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"ref": "2023 March 22, Mel Holley, “Network News: RMT to ballot Network Rail members on improved offer”, in RAIL, number 979, page 12",
"text": "A chink of light offering a possible settlement to one part of the rail dispute comes as the RMT is to ballot its members at Network Rail on whether to accept an improved offer.",
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"sense": "a narrow beam or patch of light coming through a gap",
"word": "kūwatawata"
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"sense": "a narrow beam or patch of light coming through a gap",
"word": "haeatatanga"
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"text": "The warrior saw a chink in her enemy's armor, and aimed her spear accordingly.",
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"A chip or dent in something metallic."
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"_dis1": "1 1 95 3",
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"sense": "chip or dent in something metallic",
"word": "naarmu"
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"sense": "chip or dent in something metallic",
"tags": [
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"sense": "chip or dent in something metallic",
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"word": "ċine"
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"sense": "chip or dent in something metallic",
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"sense": "chip or dent in something metallic",
"word": "çatlak"
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"_dis1": "1 1 95 3",
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"sense": "chip or dent in something metallic",
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"text": "The chink in the theory is that the invaders have superior muskets.",
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"roman": "cepnatina",
"sense": "narrow opening",
"word": "цепнатина"
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"sense": "narrow opening",
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"_dis1": "47 47 2 3",
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"sense": "narrow opening",
"word": "piere"
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"word": "matata"
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"roman": "zapušvam puknatini",
"sense": "to fill an opening",
"word": "запушвам пукнатини"
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"word": "tilkitä"
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"sense": "to fill an opening",
"word": "kalfatern"
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"_dis1": "84 9 7",
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"sense": "to fill an opening",
"word": "verstopfen"
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"word": "ausfüllen"
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"roman": "zatykátʹ",
"sense": "to fill an opening",
"word": "затыка́ть"
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"roman": "zamazyvatʹ",
"sense": "to fill an opening",
"word": "замазывать"
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"To crack; to open."
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"(intransitive) To crack; to open."
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"To cause to open in cracks or fissures."
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"(transitive) To cause to open in cracks or fissures."
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"ref": "2020, Abi Daré, The Girl With The Louding Voice, Sceptre, page 138",
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"A slight sound as of metal objects touching each other; a clink."
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"_dis1": "96 4",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "drǎnkane",
"sense": "slight sound",
"word": "дрънкане"
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"_dis1": "96 4",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "slight sound",
"word": "kilinä"
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"_dis1": "96 4",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "slight sound",
"tags": [
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"word": "helinä"
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{
"_dis1": "96 4",
"code": "fi",
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"sense": "slight sound",
"word": "kilahdus"
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"_dis1": "96 4",
"code": "fi",
"english": "individual",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "slight sound",
"word": "helähdys"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 4",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "slight sound",
"word": "kilahtelu"
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{
"_dis1": "96 4",
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"english": "occasional",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "slight sound",
"word": "helähtely"
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"_dis1": "96 4",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "slight sound",
"tags": [
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"word": "Klang"
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"_dis1": "96 4",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "slight sound",
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"word": "Klimpern"
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"_dis1": "96 4",
"code": "de",
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"sense": "slight sound",
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"_dis1": "96 4",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "slight sound",
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"neuter"
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"word": "Klirren"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 4",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "pobrjakivanije",
"sense": "slight sound",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "побрякивание"
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"ref": "1834, David Crockett, A Narrative of the Life of, Nebraska, published 1987, pages 47–8",
"text": "I thought that if all the hills about there were pure chink, and all belonged to me, I would give them if I could just talk to her when I wanted to […]",
"type": "quotation"
},
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"ref": "1727, William Somerville, Occasional Poems, \"The Fortune-Hunter\"",
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"Southern-England"
],
"text": "Audio (Southern England)"
}
],
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}
{
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"English 1-syllable words",
"English countable nouns",
"English lemmas",
"English nouns",
"English terms with IPA pronunciation",
"English terms with audio links",
"Rhymes:English/ɪŋk",
"Rhymes:English/ɪŋk/1 syllable",
"en:Sounds"
],
"etymology_number": 4,
"forms": [
{
"form": "chinks",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
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{
"args": {},
"expansion": "chink (plural chinks)",
"name": "en-noun"
}
],
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"pos": "noun",
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{
"alt_of": [
{
"word": "Chink"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Alternative letter-case form of Chink"
],
"links": [
[
"Chink",
"Chink#English"
]
],
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"ipa": "/t͡ʃɪŋk/",
"tags": [
"UK",
"US"
]
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɪŋk"
},
{
"audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-chink.wav",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/e/ef/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-chink.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-chink.wav.mp3",
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"tags": [
"Southern-England"
],
"text": "Audio (Southern England)"
}
],
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}
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