chink

Object

glass: We are surrounded by warmth, laughter and chinking glasses.

Converse of object

• find: Scoring a hit with a +3 finds a chink in the armor.
• see: Contact us if you think you see a chink of light for a steady job in this for you - or a near relative.
• spot: I could spot the chinks by what wasn't said, or faltered.
• show: Ladder 49 would have been so much more interesting if it had dared to show a chink or two in Jack's armor.
• have: The extension is lighter and, tho still introspective, has friendly chinks in its armor.

Adjective modifier

• tiny: It was the tiny chink in the armor through which the giant could be pierced.
• small: They could not get out, because Penaumbe had closed the window and the door, and had stopped up even the smallest chinks.
• first: The first chinks in Leeds United's armor are turning into worrying holes.
• little: Open up little chinks in the illusion of what the world is.
• only: The only chink of light comes from the new 24 hour coach service between London and Birmingham operated by National Express.
• few: This said there were a few chinks of light in the figures to signify some better news.

Possessives

sound: But the main thing I remember is the ' chink, chink, chink ' sound as everyone joined in bashing down the wall.

Preposition: in

• armor: In fact to ensure there were no chinks in the armor I read the book, the best man's checklist.
• wall: No, it is rather like a single ray of the sun passing through a chink in a wall.
• armor: Scoring a hit with a +3 finds a chink in the armor.

Preposition: of

• light: The holes where there were chinks of light coming through the trees started to become like gun shots.
• glass: Suddenly we could hear voices, a sort of loud murmur with laughter, chatter, footsteps and the chink of glasses.
• hope: Does that give Leigh a chink of hope that they too could pull off the shock of the season?
• daylight: It was a chink of daylight during a dark time.