chink up (something)



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.
See also: chink, up

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Bulus-Arabic
Immanuel-German, Hebrew, Biblical, Biblical Hebrew
KlaudiaKLOWT-yah (Polish)Polish, Slovak
Maja (1)MIE-ah (German, Polish)Croatian, Serbian, Slovene, German, Danish, Swedish, Norwegian, Polish
ClaesKLAHSSwedish
Magalima-ga-LEE (French)French, Occitan