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ching | whing |

As a proper noun ching

is of chinese origin.

As a noun whing is

a high-pitched ringing sound or whing can be .

As a verb whing is

to move with great force or speed.

ching

English

Etymology 1

(etyl) .

Noun

(en noun)
  • A pair of small bowl-shaped finger cymbals made of thick and heavy bronze.
    • External links
    * (wikipedia "ching")

    Etymology 2

    Onomatopeic.

    Interjection

    (en interjection)

    • Noun

  • (countable) A ringing sound, as of metal or glass being struck.
  • * 1992 , Paul McCusker, The Secret Cave of Robinwood , Focus on the Family Publishing (1992), ISBN 9781561791026, page 40:
    • The hoe banged against a spade on the wall, making a loud "ching !"
  • * 2004 , Jacquie D'Alessandro, We've Got Tonight , Harlequin (2004), ISBN 9781459213562, unnumbered page:
    • "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 (2008), ISBN 9781409202783, page 196:
    • Joseph gulped and drew his sword with a loud ching .
  • *
  • (uncountable, slang) Money (from the sound of a cash register ringing up an amount).
  • * 2005 , Paul Lindsay, The Big Scam , Simon & Schuster (2005), ISBN 0743274660, 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 , Neville Basson, " The Golden Hour", New Era , 7 April 2006:
    • If there are any people owing you money, it's a good time to drive to their houses and look for your "ching ".
  • * 2012 , :
    • Jimmy, Jimmy, Jimmy / Hold onto your ching
  • * 2012 , Erik Biksa, " Ask Erik: Raw! — Shopping Savvy", Rosebud , 18 July 2012:
    • If you know how to play your cards when buying, you can definitely save some ching here, especially on bigger ops.
    Synonyms
    * (money) See also .

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • 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 (2004), ISBN 9780743235570, unnumbered page:
    • 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 (2005), ISBN 9781562014735, 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 (2009), ISBN 9781587432330, page 146:
    • One of the braves had an ankle bell that chinged when he walked.
  • *

    • See also

    * cha-ching * kerching English onomatopoeias

    Etymology 3

    Unknown.

    Noun

    (-)
  • (Scotland, slang) Cocaine.
  • * 2002 , Irvine Welsh, Porno , Random House (2002), ISBN 022406181X, unnumbered page:
    • 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 (2006), ISBN 9781555974411, page 70:
    • Then back again to merely scoring some ching and getting fucking wasted.
  • * 2011 , David Taylor, " Revealed: Sick prison boasts of woman who stabbed young mum to death in revenge attack", Daily Record (Scotland), 30 June 2011:
    • She said: "We were all drinking and snorting ching (cocaine).
    Synonyms
    * See also .

    Anagrams

    * (l) ----

    whing

    English

    Etymology 1

    Onomatopoeic.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A high-pitched ringing sound
  • * 1855: Charles Kingsley, Westward Ho! The Voyages and Adventures of Sir Amyas Leigh
    • " Whing', ' whing ," went the Spaniard's shot, like so many humming-tops, through the rigging far above their heads. . .

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To move with great force or speed

    • Etymology 2

    See .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • * 1578: Henry Lyte (tr.), A Niewe herball or historie of plantes
    • The fruite is long, flat, and thinne, almost lyke to a feather of a small birde, or lyke the whing of a grashopper.
  • * 1791: letter from Colonel Darke to George Washington, quoted in Theodore Roosevelt, The Winning of the West , vol. 4 (1896)
    • we incamped in two Lines about 60 yards apart the Right whing in frunt Commanded by General Butler, the Left in the Rear which I commanded
  • * 1869: James Jennings, The Dialect of the West of England, particularly Somersetshire, with a glossary of words now in use there; also with poems and other pieces exemplifying the dialect
    • When tha dumbledores hummin, craup out o’ tha cobwâll
  • *:: An’ shakin ther whings , thâ vleed vooäth an’ awâ.

    • References

    * OED 2nd edition 1989