ching

• (Received Pronunciation, General American) enPR: chĭngʹ; IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃɪŋ/

  • Audio (General Australian):

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• Rhymes: -ɪŋ

Borrowed from Thai ฉิ่ง (chìng).

ching pl (plural only)

1. A pair of small bowl-shaped finger cymbals made of thick and heavy bronze, used in the music of Thailand and Cambodia.

• chhing

• Ching (instrument) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Onomatopoeic.

ching

1. The sound of metal or glass clinking.

ching (countable and uncountable, plural chings)

1. (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.
2. (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.

3. (zoology) A high-pitched mating call made by the male kakapo.
4. (MLE, slang) A knife.

• (money): See also Thesaurus:money.

ching (third-person singular simple present chings, present participle chinging, simple past and past participle chinged)

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.

   • 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.
2. (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

3. (zoology, intransitive) Of the male kakapo: to make its high-pitched mating call.

• cha-ching
• ching chong
• kerching

Unknown.

ching (uncountable)

1. (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). […]

• See also Thesaurus:cocaine.

• ginch

ching

1. lenited form of cing

• IPA^(key): [t͡ʃīŋ]
• Hyphenation: ching

ching

1. spine

• Philip Thangliènmâng (2010), Minimal dictionary and Self-tutor Functional Grammar in Zo-English-Hindi, New Delhi: Zoculsin, →ISBN, page 19