# ching
## English
### Pronunciation

* (Received Pronunciation, General American) enPR: chĭngʹ; IPA: /ˈt͡ʃɪŋ/
** Audio (General Australian):(file)
* Rhymes: -ɪŋ

### Etymology 1

From Thai ฉิ่ง (chìng).

#### Noun

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

##### Synonyms

* chhing

##### Further reading

* Ching (instrument) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

### Etymology 2

Onomatopoeic.

#### Interjection

ching
* The sound of metal or glass clinking.

##### Derived terms

* ba-dum ching
* ka-ching

#### Noun

ching (countable and uncountable, plural chings)
* (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, 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.
* (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.
* (zoology) A high-pitched mating call made by the male kakapo.
* (MLE, slang) A knife.

##### Synonyms

* (money): See also Thesaurus:money.

#### Verb

ching (third-person singular simple present chings, present participle chinging, simple past and past participle chinged)
* 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, 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.
* (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]‎, 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)‎, 0:59:I try chest shot, he blocked it, so I chinged him in his hand
* (zoology, intransitive) Of the male kakapo: to make its high-pitched mating call.

#### See also

* cha-ching
* ching chong
* kerching

### Etymology 3

Unknown.

#### Noun

ching (uncountable)
* (Scotland, slang) Cocaine.
** 2002, Irvine Welsh, Porno‎, 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). […]

##### Synonyms

* See also Thesaurus:cocaine.

### Anagrams

* ginch

## Old Irish
### Verb

ching
* Lenited form of cing.

### Mutation

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

## Zou
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ciŋ˧/

### Noun

ching
* claw

### References

* Lukram Himmat Singh (2013) A Descriptive Grammar of Zou, Canchipur: Manipur University, page 44