/ˈt͡ʃɪŋ/
OriginFrom Thai ฉิ่ง (chìng).
- plural, plural-onlyA pair of small bowl-shaped finger cymbals made of thick and heavy bronze, used in the music of Thailand and Cambodia.
- countableA ringing sound, as of metal or glass being struck.
“The hoe banged against a spade on the wall, making a loud "ching!"”
“"To predictions coming true," Riley agreed, touching her rim to his with a quiet ching of crystal.”
“Joseph gulped and drew his sword with a loud ching.”
- slang, uncountableMoney (from the sound of a cash register ringing up an amount).
“"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."”
“If there are any people owing you money, it's a good time to drive to their houses and look for your "ching".”
“Jimmy, Jimmy, Jimmy / Hold onto your ching”
- countable, uncountableA high-pitched mating call made by the male kakapo.
- Multicultural-London-English, countable, slang, uncountableA knife.
- Scotland, slang, uncountableCocaine.
“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.”
“Then back again to merely scoring some ching and getting fucking wasted.”
“She said: "We were all drinking and snorting ching (cocaine). […]”
- The sound of metal or glass clinking.
- 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.”
“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.”
“Crystal chings and we sip.”
- Multicultural-London-English, slangTo stab.
“No verbal, just chinging, like everyone know that we are on tings.”
“Stickin' 'em, none of my niggas are innocent. (On s-, on s-) On sight man are just chinging him.”
“I try chest shot, he blocked it, so I chinged him in his hand”
- intransitiveOf the male kakapo: to make its high-pitched mating call.
- A surname from Cantonese.
- A surname from Hokkien.
Formschings(plural) · chings(present, singular, third-person) · chinging(participle, present) · chinged(participle, past) · chinged(past) · Chings(plural)