ching

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

   Synonyms: chhing

1. The sound of metal or glass clinking.

plural chings

1. countableA ringing sound, as of metal or glass being struck.

   Joseph gulped and drew his sword with a loud ching.

   2008, Greg Weston, Ocean View Terrace and the Blue Pirate Eater, Lulu, published 2008, →ISBN, page 196

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   The hoe banged against a spade on the wall, making a loud "ching!"

   1992, Paul McCusker, The Secret Cave of Robinwood, Focus on the Family Publishing, published 1992, →ISBN, page 40

   "To predictions coming true," Riley agreed, touching her rim to his with a quiet ching of crystal.

   2004, Jacquie D'Alessandro, We've Got Tonight, Harlequin, published 2004, →ISBN

2. slanguncountableMoney (from the sound of a cash register ringing up an amount).

   Jimmy, Jimmy, Jimmy / Hold onto your ching

   2012, Die Antwoord, “Fatty Boom Boom”, in Ten$Ion

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   "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."

   2005, Paul Lindsay, The Big Scam, Simon & Schuster, published 2005, →ISBN, page 100

   If there are any people owing you money, it's a good time to drive to their houses and look for your "ching".

   2006 April 7, Neville Basson, “The Golden Hour”, in New Era

   If you know how to play your cards when buying, you can definitely save some ching here, especially on bigger ops.

   2012 July 18, Erik Biksa, “Ask Erik: Raw! — Shopping Savvy”, in Rosebud

3. countableuncountablebiologyA high-pitched mating call made by the male kakapo.
4. Multicultural London EnglishcountableslanguncountableA knife.

present singular third person chings · participle present chinging · participle past chinged · past 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.

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   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, David J. Morris, Storm on the Horizon: Khafji — The Battle that Changed the Course of the Gulf War, Free Press, published 2004, →ISBN

   Crystal chings and we sip.

   2004, Devlin O'Neill, A Maid's Friends and Fantasies: Short Stories, Blue Moon Books, published 2005, →ISBN, page 4

   One of the braves had an ankle bell that chinged when he walked.

   2009, Dean Nelson, God Hides in Plain Sight: How to See the Sacred in a Chaotic World, Brazos Press, published 2009, →ISBN, page 146

2. Multicultural London EnglishslangTo stab.

   I try chest shot, he blocked it, so I chinged him in his hand

   2023 June 18, “100mph Freestyle x3”, Clavish (lyrics), 0:59

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   No verbal, just chinging, like everyone know that we are on tings.

   2019 August 12, “Deep In It”, Fizzler (lyrics)

   Stickin' 'em, none of my niggas are innocent. (On s-, on s-) On sight man are just chinging him.

   2021 March 25, “Body” (track 34), in NOW That's What I Call Music! 109 [UK], performed by Russ Millions,Tion Wayne

   Synonyms: chef, shank, splash, chef, chib, chive, enthrill, foin

3. intransitivebiologyOf the male kakapo: to make its high-pitched mating call.

1. ScotlandslanguncountableCocaine.

   She said: "We were all drinking and snorting ching (cocaine). […]

   2011 June 30, David Taylor, “Revealed: Sick prison boasts of woman who stabbed young mum to death in revenge attack”, in Daily Record, Scotland

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   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.

   2002, Irvine Welsh, Porno, Random House, published 2002, →ISBN

   Then back again to merely scoring some ching and getting fucking wasted.

   2006, Niall Griffiths, Wreckage, Graywolf Press, published 2006, →ISBN, page 70

plural Chings

1. A surname from Cantonese.

plural Chings

1. A surname from Hokkien.

1. alternativeAlternative form of Qing.

   More skillful farming practices, particularly in rice cultivation, were brought in after the Ching occupation in 1683.

   1971, Teng-hui Lee, Intersectoral Capital Flows in the Economic Development of Taiwan, 1895–1960, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 33

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   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.

   1924 August 2, “Who's Who in China”, in The China Weekly Review, volume XXIX, number 9, Shanghai, →OCLC, page 316, column 2

   Parakeet Isle or Yingwuchou: in the middle of the river to the south-west of Hanyang. It disappeared during the Ming period to re-emerge in the Ching dynasty in Kang Hsi’s reign. It became famous in the Han dynasty when a great feast was held there and parakeets brought in.

   1966, Mao Tse-tung, Poems of Mao Tse-tung, Eastern Horizon Press, →OCLC, page 63

   Photographer Shawn Danker, who recently held a photo exhibition to generate awareness about Bukit Brown, cites as an example pre-independent Singapore’s links to the Nationalists who overthrew the Ching Dynasty in 1911.

   2012 November 27, Kevin Lim, Eveline Danubrata, “No eternal rest for the dead in crowded Singapore”, in Elaine Lies, editor, Reuters, archived from the original on 15 Oct 2022

   Ellen was born in 1927 in Beijing, China, to a prominent Ching dynasty family of scholars and diplomats. Her grandmother on her father’s side was a niece of the Empress Dowager, and her grandfather on her mother’s side was the ambassador to the court of Queen Victoria of England.

   2016 August 9, “Ellen Tan Drake”, in AP News, archived from the original on 10 Oct 2022

   At the end of Butler's military career, he goes back to China one more time and this is during sort of China's warlord period, the Qing Dynasty has been overthrown. Largely, they weren't helped by the fact that this invasion of which Butler took part in 1900 against the Boxer Rebellion happened, but the Ching Dynasty has fallen. There's fighting going on over control of China and this is the beginning of the Chinese Civil War, which is between the communists and the nationalists under Chiang Kai-shek.

   2022 February 2, “Talking 'Gangsters of Capitalism' with Jonathan Katz: podcast and transcript”, in MSNBC, archived from the original on 03 Feb 2022

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