(Received Pronunciation, General American) enPR: chĭngʹ; IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃɪŋ/
Audio (General Australian):
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Rhymes: -ɪŋ
Etymology 1
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From Thaiฉิ่ง(chìng).
Noun
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chingpl (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
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chhing
Further reading
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Ching (instrument) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Etymology 2
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Onomatopoeic.
Interjection
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ching
The sound of metal or glass clinking.
Derived terms
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ba-dum ching
ka-ching
Noun
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ching (countable and uncountable, plural chings)
(countable) A ringing sound, as of metal or glass being struck.
1992, Paul McCusker, The Secret Cave of Robinwood, Focus on the Family Publishing, published 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[1], Harlequin, published 2004, →ISBN:"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, published 2008, →ISBN, page 196:Joseph gulped and drew his sword with a loud ching.
For more quotations using this term, see Citations:ching.
(uncountable, slang) Money (from the sound of a cash register ringing up an amount).
2005, Paul Lindsay, The Big Scam, Simon & Schuster, published 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 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
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(money): See also Thesaurus:money.
Verb
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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.
2004, David J. Morris, Storm on the Horizon: Khafji — The Battle that Changed the Course of the Gulf War[2], Free Press, published 2004, →ISBN: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, published 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, published 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.
(MLE, slang) To stab. Synonyms:chef, shank, splash; see also Thesaurus: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.
2023 June 18, “100mph Freestyle x3”, Clavish (lyrics)[4], 0:59:I try chest shot, he blocked it, so I chinged him in his hand
(zoology, intransitive) Of the male kakapo: to make its high-pitched mating call.
See also
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cha-ching
ching chong
kerching
Etymology 3
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Unknown.
Noun
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ching (uncountable)
(Scotland, slang) Cocaine.
2002, Irvine Welsh, Porno[5], Random House, published 2002, →ISBN: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, 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
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See also Thesaurus:cocaine.
Anagrams
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ginch
Old Irish
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Verb
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ching
lenited form of cing
Mutation
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Mutation of ·cing
radical
lenition
nasalization
·cing
·ching
·cingpronounced with/ɡʲ-/
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Zou
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Pronunciation
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IPA(key): /ciŋ˧/
Noun
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ching
claw
References
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Lukram Himmat Singh (2013), A Descriptive Grammar of Zou, Canchipur: Manipur University, page 44