Definitions for chinky
chinky

WiktionaryRate this definition:3.0 / 1 vote

1. chinkynoun

   A Chinese takeaway restaurant

2. chinkynoun

   A Chinese person

3. chinkyadjective

   Full of chinks, laden with small cracks or openings

4. chinkyadjective

   Full of Chinese persons

5. chinkyadjective

   Possessing attributes of, or similar to, a chink or Chinese person, style, or culture

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Chinkyadjective

   Full of holes; gaping; opening into narrow clefts.

   Etymology: from chink.

   But plaister thou the chinky hives with clay. John Dryden, Virg. Geo.

   Grimalkin, to domestick vermin sworn
   An everlasting foe, with watchful eye
   Lies nightly brooding o’er a chinky gap,
   Protending her fell claws, to thoughtless mice
   Sure ruin. John Philips, Poems.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:2.7 / 3 votes

1. Chinkyadjective

   full of chinks or fissures; gaping; opening in narrow clefts

WikidataRate this definition:3.5 / 2 votes

1. Chinky

   In the United Kingdom, chinky is a slang name for a Chinese takeaway restaurant or the meal that one buys from such a restaurant. Chinky is the adjectival form of chink and, like chink, is a highly offensive ethnic slur for Chinese and other Asian people. After several campaigns by the Scottish Executive, more people in Scotland now acknowledge that this name is indirectly racist. However, the Broadcasting Standards Commission held in 2002, after a complaint about the BBC One programme The Vicar of Dibley, that when used as the name of a type of restaurant or meal, rather than as an adjective applied to a person or group of people, the word carries no racist connotation. In a document commissioned by OFCOM titled "Language and Sexual Imagery in Broadcasting: A Contextual Investigation" their definition of Chink was "...a term of racial offence/abuse. However, this is polarising. Older and mainly white groups tend to think this is not usually used in an abusive way - e.g. let's go to the Chinky - which is not seen as offensive; younger groups and those from ethnic minorities feel this could be as insulting as 'paki' or 'nigger'."

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How to pronounce chinky?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say chinky in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of chinky in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of chinky in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

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References

1. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Chinky
2. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=chinky
3. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/chinky
4. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=chinky