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English
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (Received Pronunciation, General American) enPR: chĭngʹ; IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃɪŋ/
Audio (General Australian): (file)
- Rhymes: -ɪŋ
Etymology 1
[edit]Noun
[edit]ching pl (plural only)
- A pair of small bowl-shaped finger cymbals made of thick and heavy bronze, used in the music of Thailand and Cambodia.
Synonyms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- Ching (instrument) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Etymology 2
[edit]Interjection
[edit]ching
Derived terms
[edit]Noun
[edit]ching (countable and uncountable, plural chings)
- (countable) A ringing sound, as of metal or glass being struck.
- For more quotations using this term, see Citations:ching.
- (uncountable, slang) Money (from the sound of a cash register ringing up an amount).
- 2006 April 7, Neville Basson, “The Golden Hour”, in New Era:
- 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”, in Ten$Ion:
- Jimmy, Jimmy, Jimmy / Hold onto your ching
- 2012 July 18, Erik Biksa, “Ask Erik: Raw! — Shopping Savvy”, in Rosebud:
- If you know how to play your cards when buying, you can definitely save some ching here, especially on bigger ops.
- (zoology) A high-pitched mating call made by the male kakapo.
- (MLE, slang) A knife.
Synonyms
[edit]- (money): See also Thesaurus:money.
Verb
[edit]ching (third-person singular simple present chings, present participle chinging, simple past and past participle chinged)
- 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.
- For more quotations using this term, see Citations:ching.
- (MLE, slang) To stab.
- 2019 August 12, “Deep In It”, Fizzler (lyrics):
- No verbal, just chinging, like everyone know that we are on tings.
- 2021 March 25, “Body” (track 34), in NOW That's What I Call Music! 109 [UK][3], performed by Russ Millions,Tion Wayne:
- Stickin' 'em, none of my niggas are innocent. (On s-, on s-) On sight man are just chinging him.
- (zoology, intransitive) Of the male kakapo: to make its high-pitched mating call.
See also
[edit]Etymology 3
[edit]Unknown.
Noun
[edit]ching (uncountable)
- (Scotland, slang) Cocaine.
- 2006, Niall Griffiths, Wreckage, Graywolf Press, published 2006, →ISBN, page 70:
- Then back again to merely scoring some ching and getting fucking wasted.
- 2011 June 30, David Taylor, “Revealed: Sick prison boasts of woman who stabbed young mum to death in revenge attack”, in Daily Record, Scotland:
- She said: "We were all drinking and snorting ching (cocaine). […]
Synonyms
[edit]- See also Thesaurus:cocaine.
Anagrams
[edit]Old Irish
[edit]Verb
[edit]ching
- Lenited form of cing.
Mutation
[edit]Old Irish mutation | ||
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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. |
Zou
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]ching
References
[edit]- Lukram Himmat Singh (2013) A Descriptive Grammar of Zou, Canchipur: Manipur University, page 44
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