chinch

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/t͡ʃɪnt͡ʃ/

noun

The bedbug (Cimex lectularius).

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bedbugbed bugCimex lectularius
OriginSpanish chinche ← Portuguese chinche ← Latin cimex →
UncommonScrabble 16
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Meanings

chinch1

nounchinch (plural chinches)

plural chinches

  1. The bedbug (Cimex lectularius).

chinch2

verbchinch (third-person singular simple present chinches, present participle chinching, simple past and past participle chinched)

present singular third person chinches · participle present chinching · participle past chinched · past chinched

  1. NewfoundlandtransitiveTo fill up.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounbug of temperate regions that infests especially beds and feeds on human blood

Similar
bedbugbed bugCimex lectularius
Broader
hemipterous insectbughemipteran
Also see
bedbug

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

chinch · noun

  1. Latincimex“bedbug”
  2. Portuguesechinche
  3. Spanishchinche“bedbug”
  4. Englishchinch

From Spanish chinche (“bedbug”) or Portuguese chinche, from Latin cimex (“bedbug”). Doublet of cimex.

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chinch · verb

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APA

chinch. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chinch

MLA

“chinch.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chinch. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “chinch,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chinch.

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