chink up (something)

To fill in or patch narrow openings, such as cracks or fissures (chinks), of something. We live in an area that experiences a lot of earthquakes each year, so we've gotten pretty good at chinking up the walls of our house.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Pierce	PEERS	English
Leonid	lye-ah-NEET (Russian), lee-ah-NEET (Russian)	Russian, Ukrainian
Giannino	jahn-NEE-no	Italian
Elliot	EL-ee-ət	English
Vespasiano	-	Italian
Farouk	-	Arabic