chinch

Examples

• All

• I found a chinch bug on the sheet, which immediately made me more cautious about staying there.

• The presence of chinch bugs in the hotel room made it impossible to sleep comfortably.

• But I am studying this stuff, so I know it... you know... like... ...chinch bugs.

  Caddyshack (1980)

• The chinch bugs bounced off the screen.

  Fiction book (1999)

• But unlike the chinch bugs, rain had not followed the plow here.

  Fiction book (1998)

• You'll dry out like a chinch bug, Kay.

  Fiction book (1990)

• "And during my emptiest moments when I felt the worst about myself, damn if I wouldn't see one of those chinch bug shells that used to litter the lawn of my childhood home.

  Fiction book (1990)

Synonyms

B

bed bug

vschinch

84 2.1

A small insect with no wings that lives in beds and bites people at night

is noted for feeding specifically on human blood rather than animals

B

bedbug

vschinch

37 1.7

A small insect that bites people at night while they sleep in beds

is described by presence in temperate regions rather than time of feeding

C

Cimex lectularius

vschinch

• Specialized

9.9

A small insect that lives in beds and bites people at night

is the common name used instead of the scientific term

Compounds

C

chinch bug

• Specialized

9.8

A small black and white bug that eats grasses like wheat and can damage crops

Surface Forms

Etymology