chink
Narrow defensive breach
Chink has two distinct origins.
One means a narrow opening or crack: Light came through a chink in the curtains.
A chink in someone's armor is a vulnerability.
The other chink is an imitative word for a light, sharp sound, like coins or glasses clinking together: the chink of ice in a glass.
Separately, Chink is an offensive slur for a Chinese person or someone of East Asian descent.
Narrow crack in rock
- creviceNarrow opening in surface
- gapUnfilled space between
- slitNarrow elongated opening
- openingGap or start
cleft · aperture · slot · split · fracture · rift · break · breach
Sharp metallic ring
Faint reflected light
- glimmerFaint, wavering light
- beamStructural support member
- rayNarrow light emission
- shaftNarrow vertical passage
sliver · streak · glimpse · peep · flicker · glow · sparkle · glint
Deficiency in force
- vulnerabilityOpenness to harm
- gapUnfilled space between
- flawImperfection in something
- weak spotVulnerability to exploit
opening · breach · defect · loophole · Achilles heel · exposure · susceptibility · soft spot
fissure
Narrow crack in rock
opening · cleft · aperture · slot · split · fracture · rift · break · breach · cranny
clink
Sharp metallic ring
gleam
Faint reflected light
shaft · sliver · streak · glimpse · peep · flicker · glow · sparkle · glint · flash
weakness
Deficiency in force
- vulnerabilityOpenness to harm
- gapUnfilled space between
- flawImperfection in something
weak spot · opening · breach · defect · loophole · Achilles heel · exposure · susceptibility · soft spot · blind spot
- chink in the armourExploitable gap in defense
- chink in the armorExploitable flaw in defenses
- chink in armorExploitable flaw in defenses
- chink in one's armorExploitable point of weakness