Noun

(en noun)

A pair of small bowl-shaped finger cymbals made of thick and heavy bronze.

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 .

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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, 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.

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).

Noun

(en noun)

A narrow opening such as a fissure or crack.

*1898 , , (Moonfleet) Chapter 4

*:Yet I did not give way, but settled to wait for the dawn, which must, I knew, be now at hand; for then I thought enough light would come through the chinks of the tomb above to show me how to set to work.

* Macaulay

Through one cloudless chink , in a black, stormy sky, / Shines out the dewy morning star.

A chip or dent (in something metallic).

A vulnerability or flaw in a protection system or in any otherwise formidable system, idiomatically derived from the phrase "chink in armor".

* The warrior saw a chink in her enemy's armor, and aimed her spear accordingly.

* The chink in the theory is that the invaders have superior muskets.

* {{quote-news

, year=2011 , date=January 30 , author=Kevin Darlng , title=Arsenal 2 - 1 Huddersfield , work=BBC citation , page= , passage=The first chink in Arsenal's relaxed afternoon occurred when key midfielder Samir Nasri pulled up with a hamstring injury and was replaced. }}

Noun

(en noun)

A slight sound as of metal objects touching each other.

Ready money, especially in the form of coins.

*1834 , David Crockett, A Narrative of the Life of , Nebraska 1987, pp. 47-8:

*:I thought that if all the hills about there were pure chink , and all belonged to me, I would give them if I could just talk to her when I wanted to

* Somerville

to leave his chink to better hands

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(en noun)