Definitions
Wiktionary
- n. A pair of small bowl-shaped finger cymbals made of thick and heavy bronze.
- interj. Used to represent the sound of metal or glass clinking.
- n. countable A ringing sound, as of metal or glass being struck.
- n. uncountable, slang Money (from the sound of a cash register ringing up an amount).
- v. To chink or clink; to make a ringing sound, as of metal or glass being struck.
- n. Scotland, slang Cocaine.
Etymologies
- Onomatopeic. (Wiktionary)
Examples
“Smith notes, for example, that the Chinese word "ching" designates books that hold a special status in the lives of Buddhists, Taoists, and Confucians alike.”
“Ka-ching, is what my future therapist hears when I tell that story.”
“But that image of him asking random Chinese people to explain "ka-ching" is hilarious.”
“To distinguish "ching" from other cherished books, we need to note at least one feature of its content: it refers to "the transcendent.”
“Pronounced "ching," it centers on an archeologist who is excavating the burial chamber of Qin Shi Huangdi, the first emporor of China; players solve puzzles and dodge traps to solve the mystry.”
“The little bell went "ching" as I opened the door and squeezed into the crush of local ladies and farmers 'wives.”
“The noises include a high frequency, metallic, nasal 'ching' noise, humming, bill-clicking, 'scrarking' (scrarking is simply what it sounds like - the bird goes 'scrark' a lot), ` screech-crowing ', pig-like grunts and squeals, duck-like ` warks' and donkey-like braying.”
“The Qing (pronounced "ching") dynasty was able to maintain and secure a relatively stable and adequate supply of food for the population of the capital city of Beijing during the late”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘ching’.
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onomatopoeias (1 syllable)
1 syllable words that mean what they sound like.
(dictionaried or un-dictionaried words | onomatopoeic in nature)
onomatopoeias (2 syllable) | onomatopoeias (3+ syllables)
gush, buzz, pop, woof, boo, bam, bang, bash, bump, clang, clap, click and 102 more...
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Bada-BING!
Words that end in -ing but aren't gerunds or baby or neutered animals.
zing, ting, sting, starling, spring, wing, swing, string, sling, sing, wring, thing and 28 more...
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