Ching
intj, name, noun, verb, slang ·Moderate ·High school level
Definitions
- 1 A pair of small bowl-shaped finger cymbals made of thick and heavy bronze, used in the music of Thailand and Cambodia. plural, plural-only
- 2 A ringing sound, as of metal or glass being struck. countable
"The hoe banged against a spade on the wall, making a loud "ching!""
- 3 Cocaine. Scotland, slang, uncountable
"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."
- 4 Money (from the sound of a cash register ringing up an amount). slang, uncountable
""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.""
- 5 A high-pitched mating call made by the male kakapo. countable, uncountable
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- 6 A knife. Multicultural-London-English, countable, slang, uncountable
- 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."
- 2 To stab. Multicultural-London-English, slang
"No verbal, just chinging, like everyone know that we are on tings."
- 3 Of the male kakapo: to make its high-pitched mating call. intransitive
- 1 The sound of metal or glass clinking.
- 1 A surname from Cantonese.
- 2 A surname from Hokkien.
- 3 Alternative form of Qing. alt-of, alternative
"General Li Shu-ch’eng was born at Ch’ien-chiang Hsien, Hupei province, in 1873 and was a salaried licentiate or Linsheng in the Ching Dynasty."
- 4 Alternative form of Chingakham surname of Meitei origin alt-of, alternative
- 5 Alternative form of Chingangbam surname of Meitei origin alt-of, alternative
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- 6 Alternative form of Chingshubam surname of Meitei origin alt-of, alternative
- 7 Alternative form of Chingtham surname of Meitei origin alt-of, alternative
Synonyms
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More examples"The first thing you hear when arriving in Vegas is the ching ching ching of the slot machines."
Etymology
From Thai ฉิ่ง (chìng).
Onomatopoeic.
Unknown.
From Cantonese 程 (cing4).
From Hokkien 莊 /庄 (Chng).
From Mandarin 清 (Qīng), Wade–Giles romanization: Chʻing¹.
From Manipuri ꯆꯤꯡ (cing).