Chinged vs Changed - What's the difference?
chinged | changed |
(ching)
(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,
* 2004 , Jacquie D'Alessandro, We've Got Tonight , Harlequin (2004), ISBN 9781459213562,
* 2008 , Greg Weston, Ocean View Terrace and the Blue Pirate Eater , Lulu (2008), ISBN 9781409202783,
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(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,
* 2006 , Neville Basson, "
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* 2012 , Erik Biksa, "
To chink or clink; to make a ringing sound, as of metal or glass being struck.
* 2004 , David J. Morris, Storm on the Horizon: Khafji — The Battle that Changed the Course of the Gulf War , Free Press (2004), ISBN 9780743235570,
* 2004 , Devlin O'Neill, A Maid's Friends and Fantasies: Short Stories , Blue Moon Books (2005), ISBN 9781562014735,
* 2009 , Dean Nelson, God Hides in Plain Sight: How to See the Sacred in a Chaotic World , Brazos Press (2009), ISBN 9781587432330,
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(Scotland, slang) Cocaine.
* 2002 , Irvine Welsh, Porno , Random House (2002), ISBN 022406181X,
* 2006 , Niall Griffiths, Wreckage , Graywolf Press (2006), ISBN 9781555974411, page 70:
* 2011 , David Taylor, "
(change)
To become something different.
(ergative) To make something into something different.
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To replace one's clothing.
To transfer to another vehicle (train, bus, etc.)
(archaic) To exchange.
* 1610 , , by (William Shakespeare), act 1 scene 2
* 1662 , Galileo's Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems (Dialogue 2):
To change hand while riding (a horse).
(countable) The process of becoming different.
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(uncountable) Small denominations of money given in exchange for a larger denomination.
(countable) A replacement, e.g. a change of clothes
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(uncountable) Money given back when a customer hands over more than the exact price of an item.
(countable) A transfer between vehicles.
(baseball) A change-up pitch.
(lb) Any order in which a number of bells are struck, other than that of the diatonic scale.
* Holder
A place where merchants and others meet to transact business; an exchange.
A public house; an alehouse.
* Burt
As verbs the difference between chinged and changed
is that chinged is (ching) while changed is (change).chinged
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Verb
(head)ching
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Etymology 1
(etyl) .External links
* (wikipedia "ching")Etymology 2
Onomatopeic.Noun
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- The hoe banged against a spade on the wall, making a loud "ching !"
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- "To predictions coming true," Riley agreed, touching her rim to his with a quiet ching of crystal.
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- Joseph gulped and drew his sword with a loud ching .
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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 ."
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 ".
- Jimmy, Jimmy, Jimmy / Hold onto your ching
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)- 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.
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- Crystal chings and we sip.
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- One of the braves had an ankle bell that chinged when he walked.
See also
* cha-ching * kerching English onomatopoeiasEtymology 3
Unknown.Noun
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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 .
- Then back again to merely scoring some ching and getting fucking wasted.
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) ----changed
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Verb
(head)See also
* short changedchange
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Verb
(chang)citation, passage=Of all the transitions brought about on the Earth’s surface by temperature change, the melting of ice into water is the starkest. It is binary. And for the land beneath, the air above and the life around, it changes everything.}}
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Focus on Everything, passage=Not long ago, it was difficult to produce photographs of tiny creatures with every part in focus.
- At the first sight / they have changed eyes. (exchanged looks )
- I would give any thing to change a word or two with this person.
- to change a horse
Synonyms
* (to make something different) alter, modify * (to make something into something different) transformDerived terms
* changeable * change by reversal * change course * change direction * changeful * change out * change hands * change horses in midstream * change integrity * changeling * change one's mind * change one's tune * change places * change tack * change the channel * change the subject * change up * chop and change * everchanging * get changed * leopard change his spots * presto change-o *Noun
(en noun)citation, passage=Of all the transitions brought about on the Earth’s surface by temperature change , the melting of ice into water is the starkest. It is binary. And for the land beneath, the air above and the life around, it changes everything.}}
- The product is undergoing a change in order to improve it.
- Can I get change for this $100 bill please?
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- A customer who pays with a 10-pound note for a £9 item receives one pound in change .
- The train journey from Bristol to Nottingham includes a change at Birmingham.
- Four bells admit twenty-four changes in ringing.
- They call an alehouse a change .