chink up

verb

To fill cracks in something, for example a wall.

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Meanings

verbchink up (third-person singular simple present chinks up, present participle chinking up, simple past and past participle chinked up)

present singular third person chinks up · participle present chinking up · participle past chinked up · past chinked up

  1. idiomatictransitiveTo fill cracks in something, for example a wall.
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