chink (subs.) Copy link Outline I. A fissureII. A sound, as of money rattled • chink (subs.): I. A fissure: rīma: a narrow c., r. angusta, Hor.: to stop up c.s, r. explere, Cic. Phr.: to gape open in c.s, fătiscere, Virg. (also, rimis fatiscere, Virg.): v. FISSURE, cleft. II. A sound, as of money rattled: tinnītus, ūs: v. tinkling.