different between chinky vs chinny

English

Etymology

chink +? -y

Pronunciation

Adjective

chinky (comparative more chinky, superlative most chinky)

1. Full of chinks, laden with small cracks or openings.
   • 1826, Benjamin Apthorp Gould, The Works of Vergil: Translated into English Prose

     […] the accustomed warmth pierced his marrow, and ran thrilling through his shaken bones; just as when at times, with forked thunder burst, a chinky stream of fire in flashy lightning shoots athwart the skies.

   • 1884, The Australian Journal

     The door was knockerless and chinky, and creaked dismally as I inserted the key.

2. (derogatory, offensive) Possessing attributes of, or similar to, a Chinese person or Chinese style or culture.

Noun

chinky (plural chinkies)

1. (Britain, slang, possibly offensive) A Chinese takeaway restaurant.
2. (Britain, slang, possibly offensive) A meal of Chinese food.
3. (offensive) A Chinese person.
4. (India, offensive) A person from Northeast India.

Synonyms

• chink

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?t??ni/

Etymology 1

From chin +? -y.

Adjective

chinny (comparative chinnier, superlative chinniest)

1. Having a prominent chin.
2. (boxing) Having a sensitive chin.
3. (colloquial) Given to talk, talkative.

Noun

chinny (plural chinnies)

1. An exercise performed by lying flat and then bringing the knees toward the chest while simultaneously raising the chest to meet the knees.
2. (slang) An opaque white chalk marble with colored stripes.

See also

• chinny reckon

Etymology 2

From chinchilla +? -y.

Noun

chinny (plural chinnies)

1. (informal) A chinchilla.

Etymology 3

From chinensis +? -y?

Noun

chinny (plural chinnies)

1. The Chinese pink; Dianthus chinensis.