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ching¹

  • /ˈt͡ʃɪŋ/ US, UK

Rhymes with -ɪŋ

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Thai ฉิ่ง (chìng).

noun

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

ching²

  • /ˈt͡ʃɪŋ/ US, UK

Rhymes with -ɪŋ

Where it comes from

Onomatopoeic.

interjection

  1. The sound of metal or glass clinking.

noun chings

  1. countable A ringing sound, as of metal or glass being struck. The hoe banged against a spade on the wall, making a loud "ching!"
  2. slang, uncountable Money (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."
  3. countable, uncountable A high-pitched mating call made by the male kakapo.
  4. Multicultural London English, countable, slang, uncountable A knife.

verb chings · chinging · 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.
  2. Multicultural London English, slang To stab. No verbal, just chinging, like everyone know that we are on tings.
  3. intransitive Of the male kakapo: to make its high-pitched mating call.

ching³

  • /ˈt͡ʃɪŋ/ US, UK

Rhymes with -ɪŋ

Where it comes from

Unknown.

noun

  1. Scotland, slang, uncountable Cocaine. 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.

Ching⁴

Where it comes from

From Cantonese 程 (cing4).

proper noun Chings

  1. A surname from Cantonese.

Ching⁵

Where it comes from

From Hokkien 莊 /庄 (Chng).

proper noun Chings

  1. A surname from Hokkien.

Ching⁶

Where it comes from

From Mandarin 清 (Qīng), Wade–Giles romanization: Chʻing¹.

proper noun

  1. alternative Alternative form of Qing.Qing 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.

Ching⁷

Where it comes from

From Manipuri ꯆꯤꯡ (cing).

proper noun

  1. alternative Alternative form of Chingakham surname of Meitei origin
  2. alternative Alternative form of Chingangbam surname of Meitei origin
  3. alternative Alternative form of Chingshubam surname of Meitei origin
  4. alternative Alternative form of Chingtham surname of Meitei origin

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