ching

Examples

• All

• A fistful of 1,000-lira coins makes a dull ching as Pazzi shakes them in his hand like dice he's not sure he wants to throw.

  Fiction book (2001)

• And then sometimes, of course, in other places you will hear people walking and it's ching, ching, ching, Ching.

• The poker chings against the stone, making a spark.

  Fiction book (2000)

• (ching, ching)

  Bitcoin: The End of Money as We Know It (2015)

• The ching of metal coins hitting the table echoed through the quiet room.

• As she walked into the bar, the ching of the glasses being set down filled the air.

• He loved the ching sound of his new keys jangling in his pocket.

Synonyms

R

ringing

vsching

31 1.0

A clear loud sound a bell or similar thing makes when hit

is a sharper variant often from sudden metal or glass impact

P

ping

vsching

28 6.4

A short, sharp high sound like metal being struck

occurs with metal or glass strikes in ordinary everyday settings rather than technical uses

C

clink

vsching

15 5.3

A short, light sound made when glass or metal hit each other

is a sharper, more sustained ringing sound rather than a brief tap

T

ting

vsching

14 8.4

A light, clear ringing sound like a small bell or glass

is sharper and more ringing when metal or glass hits something

Antonyms

S

silence

373 2.0

A period with no sound or speech

Compounds

B

ba-dum ching

• Informal

9.9

A short musical drum sound played after a joke to show it is funny

How Loud

to crash

46 2.4

clang

21 3.9

chime

29 1.7

ching

14 8.9

tinkle

8 4.4

Surface Forms

Etymology