ching

See also: Ching and Ch'ing

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃɪŋ/

• Audio (AU)

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• Rhymes: -ɪŋ

Etymology 1

Thai ฉิ่ง (chìng).

Noun

1. A pair of small bowl-shaped finger cymbals made of thick and heavy bronze, used in the music of Thailand and Cambodia.

Synonyms

• chhing

Further reading

• Ching (instrument) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Etymology 2

Onomatopeic.

Interjection

ching

1. The sound of metal or glass clinking.

Derived terms

• ba-dum ching
• ka-ching

 

Noun

ching (countable and uncountable, plural chings)

1. (countable) A ringing sound, as of metal or glass being struck.
   • 1992, Paul McCusker, The Secret Cave of Robinwood, Focus on the Family Publishing (1992), →ISBN, page 40:

     The hoe banged against a spade on the wall, making a loud "ching!"

   • 2004, Jacquie D'Alessandro, We've Got Tonight, Harlequin (2004), →ISBN, unnumbered page:

     "To predictions coming true," Riley agreed, touching her rim to his with a quiet ching of crystal.

   • 2008, Greg Weston, Ocean View Terrace and the Blue Pirate Eater, Lulu (2008), →ISBN, page 196:

     Joseph gulped and drew his sword with a loud ching.

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:ching.
2. (uncountable, slang) Money (from the sound of a cash register ringing up an amount).
   • 2005, Paul Lindsay, The Big Scam, Simon & Schuster (2005), →ISBN, page 100:

     "Supposedly, it was worth millions back then, so it could be worth maybe ten times as much now."

     Tatorrio whistled. "That's a lot of ching."

   • 2006, Neville Basson, "The Golden Hour", New Era, 7 April 2006:

     If there are any people owing you money, it's a good time to drive to their houses and look for your "ching".

   • 2012, Die Antwoord, "Fatty Boom Boom", Ten$Ion:

     Jimmy, Jimmy, Jimmy / Hold onto your ching

   • 2012, Erik Biksa, "Ask Erik: Raw! — Shopping Savvy", Rosebud, 18 July 2012:

     If you know how to play your cards when buying, you can definitely save some ching here, especially on bigger ops.

3. (zoology) A high-pitched mating call made by the male kakapo.
4. (MLE, slang) A knife.

Synonyms

• (money): See also Thesaurus:money.

Verb

ching (third-person singular simple present chings, present participle chinging, simple past and past participle chinged)

1. To chink or clink; to make a ringing sound, as of metal or glass being struck.

   The cutlery was chinging as the boat swayed around on the sea.

   • 2004, David J. Morris, Storm on the Horizon: Khafji — The Battle that Changed the Course of the Gulf War, Free Press (2004), →ISBN, unnumbered page:

     These shadows, black as the earth they emerged from, were wearing what looked like dull German helmets, their webgear and canteens chinging as they ran.

   • 2004, Devlin O'Neill, A Maid's Friends and Fantasies: Short Stories, Blue Moon Books (2005), →ISBN, page 4:

     Crystal chings and we sip.

   • 2009, Dean Nelson, God Hides in Plain Sight: How to See the Sacred in a Chaotic World, Brazos Press (2009), →ISBN, page 146:

     One of the braves had an ankle bell that chinged when he walked.

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:ching.
2. (MLE, slang) To stab.

   Synonyms: chef, shank

   • 2019 August 12, “Deep In It”, Fizzler (lyrics):

     No verbal, just chinging, like everyone know that we are on tings.

3. (zoology, intransitive) Of the male kakapo: to make its high-pitched mating call.

See also

• cha-ching
• ching chong
• kerching

Etymology 3

Unknown.

Noun

ching (uncountable)

1. (Scotland, slang) Cocaine.
   • 2002, Irvine Welsh, Porno, Random House (2002), →ISBN, unnumbered page:

     I'll leave the message, but Simon's very much a free spirit, I state to the receiver as I use a fifty-pound note to hoover up some ching.

   • 2006, Niall Griffiths, Wreckage, Graywolf Press (2006), →ISBN, page 70:

     Then back again to merely scoring some ching and getting fucking wasted.

   • 2011, David Taylor, "Revealed: Sick prison boasts of woman who stabbed young mum to death in revenge attack", Daily Record (Scotland), 30 June 2011:

     She said: "We were all drinking and snorting ching (cocaine). […]

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:cocaine.

See also

• Nan-ching
• Pei-ching
• Shih-ching
• T'ien-ching

 

Anagrams

• ginch

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Old Irish

Verb

ching

1. Lenited form of cing.

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
cing	ching	cing pronounced with /ɡ(ʲ)-/
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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Zou

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ciŋ˧/

Noun

ching

1. claw

References

• Lukram Himmat Singh (2013) A Descriptive Grammar of Zou, Canchipur: Manipur University, page 44