WikiWord

English

ching

/ˈtʃɪŋ/ · noun

Meaning

  1. A pair of small bowl-shaped finger cymbals made of thick and heavy bronze, used in the music of Thailand and Cambodia.
  2. A ringing sound, as of metal or glass being struck.
  3. Money (from the sound of a cash register ringing up an amount).
  4. A high-pitched mating call made by the male kakapo.
  5. To chink or clink; to make a ringing sound, as of metal or glass being struck.
  6. To stab, to hit with a rambo, to chef, to shank
  7. Of the male kakapo: to make its high-pitched mating call.
  8. The sound of metal or glass clinking.
  9. Cocaine.

Etymology / origin

No prose etymology has been added yet.

No ancestor words have been linked yet.

Related words

Descendant words

No descendant words have been linked yet.

Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
ching — meaning and etymology | WikiWord