ching
nouninterjectionnounverbnouncommon in dialogue
- United States//ˈt͡ʃɪŋ//
A pair of small bowl-shaped finger cymbals made of thick and heavy bronze, used in the music of Thailand and Cambodia.
noun
- 1
A pair of small bowl-shaped finger cymbals made of thick and heavy bronze, used in the music of Thailand and Cambodia.
Etymology
Borrowed from Thai ฉิ่ง (chìng).
interjection
- 1
The sound of metal or glass clinking.
Etymology
Onomatopoeic.
noun
- 1
A 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.
- 2
slangMoney (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
If you know how to play your cards when buying, you can definitely save some ching here, especially on bigger ops.
- 3
A high-pitched mating call made by the male kakapo.
- 4
slangA knife.
verb
- 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.
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.
One of the braves had an ankle bell that chinged when he walked.
- 2
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
- 3
Of the male kakapo: to make its high-pitched mating call.
noun
- 1
slangCocaine.
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). […]
Etymology
Unknown.
Forms
- plural
- chings
- past tense
- chinged
- past participle
- chinged
- present participle
- chinging
- third person singular
- chings
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