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Hunk vs Ching - What's the difference?

hunk | ching |

As a noun hunk

is a large or dense piece of something.

As a proper noun ching is

of chinese origin.

hunk

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A large or dense piece of something.
  • a hunk of metal
  • * 1884 : (Mark Twain), (The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn), Chapter IX
  • "Jim, this is nice," I says. "I wouldn't want to be nowhere else but here. Pass me along another hunk of fish and some hot corn-bread."
  • (informal) A sexually attractive boy or man, especially one who is muscular.
  • (computing) A record of differences between almost contiguous portions of two files (or other sources of information). Differences that are widely separated by areas which are identical in both files would not be part of a single hunk. Differences that are separated by small regions which are identical in both files may comprise a single hunk. Patches are made up of hunks.
  • (US, slang) A honyock.
  • Synonyms

    * (large or dense piece) chunk, lump, piece * (sexually attractive boy) beefcake

    Derived terms

    * hunky

    See also

    * bohunk

    References

    * *

    ching

    English

    Etymology 1

    (etyl) .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A pair of small bowl-shaped finger cymbals made of thick and heavy bronze.
  • 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 .

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