ching

Plural: chings

Noun

• A pair of small bowl-shaped finger cymbals made of thick and heavy bronze, used in the music of Thailand and Cambodia.
• A ringing sound, as of metal or glass being struck.
• Money (from the sound of a cash register ringing up an amount).
• A high-pitched mating call made by the male kakapo.
• A knife.
• Cocaine.

Intj

• The sound of metal or glass clinking.

Verb

• To chink or clink; to make a ringing sound, as of metal or glass being struck.
• To stab.
• Of the male kakapo: to make its high-pitched mating call.

Examples

• The cutlery was chinging as the boat swayed around on the sea.

Synonyms

chef, chhing, chib, ching, chive, enthrill, foin, gore, gride, jab, job, juke, kebab, knifecrime, lancinate, pigstick, pink, poach, run through, shank, shiv, spear, speet, splash, stab, stick, stob, stog, thrust, yerk

Related Words

cha-ching, ching chong, kerching

Anagrams of ching