"chinking" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: chinkings [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} chinking (countable and uncountable, plural chinkings)
  1. The material used to fill the spaces between logs in a log house; caulking. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-chinking-en-noun-VzwDIQBw
  2. The sound of something that chinks. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-chinking-en-noun-fo8Uf4tO

Verb

Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} chinking
  1. present participle and gerund of chink Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: chink
    Sense id: en-chinking-en-verb-iu-2eTv5 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 39 2 59

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for chinking meaning in English (1.4kB)

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