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Cringed vs Chinged - What's the difference?

cringed | chinged |

As verbs the difference between cringed and chinged

is that cringed is past tense of cringe while chinged is past tense of ching.

cringed

English

Verb

(head)
  • (cringe)

    • cringe

    English

    Alternative forms

    * (dialectal)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A posture or gesture of shrinking or recoiling.
    • He glanced with a cringe at the mess on his desk.
  • (dialect) A crick.

    • Verb

  • (dated) To bow or crouch in servility.
  • * Milton
    • Sly hypocrite, who more than thou / Once fawned and cringed , and servilely adored / Heaven's awful monarch?
  • * 1903 , ,
    • He heard the hateful clank of their chains; he felt them cringe and grovel, and there rose within him a protest and a prophecy.
  • * 1904 , ,
    • Leclere was bent on the coming of the day when Batard should wilt in spirit and cringe and whimper at his feet.
  • To shrink, tense or recoil, as in fear, disgust or embarrassment.
    • He cringed as the bird collided with the window.
  • * Bunyan
    • When they were come up to the place where the lions were, the boys that went before were glad to cringe behind, for they were afraid of the lions.
  • * 1917 , ,
    • But he made no whimper. Nor did he wince or cringe to the blows. He bored straight in, striving, without avoiding a blow, to beat and meet the blow with his teeth.
  • (obsolete) To contract; to draw together; to cause to shrink or wrinkle; to distort.
  • * Shakespeare
    • Till like a boy you see him cringe his face, / And whine aloud for mercy.

    Derived terms

    * cringeworthy

    See also

    * crouch * wince

    Anagrams

    *

    chinged

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (ching)

    • 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

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