kerching sound
- noun
- Informal
:
sonido de monedas
- I heard the kerching sound of coins dropping.
Examples
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The shopkeeper smiled at the kerching sound as another customer made a purchase.
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Every time I make a sale, I love the kerching sound!
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Every time they closed a sale, the satisfying kerching sound echoed through the busy store.
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He paused for a moment, listening to the familiar kerching sound coming from the slot machine.
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The shopkeeper smiled at the kerching sound as another customer made a purchase.
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Every time they closed a sale, the satisfying kerching sound echoed through the busy store.
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He paused for a moment, listening to the familiar kerching sound coming from the slot machine.
Synonyms
221
1.0
A clear ringing sound made by a struck metal object
133
1.0
A clear loud sound a bell or similar thing makes when hit
49
3.7
A short high sound like a small bell, for example a notification tone
40
2.3
A light ringing sound made by small metal objects
19
5.3
A short, light sound made when glass or metal hit each other
15
5.2
A loud metallic sound that often repeats or echoes
12
4.4
A light clear ringing sound like a small bell
1
3.6
A repeated ringing sound a bell makes
1
3.3
A sound made by bells during a ceremony or musical performance
Clear ringing sounds that bells make
A light ringing sound made by bells or wind chimes
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Surface Forms
Morphology
kerching + sound
The noun 'sound' is transparent, but 'kerching' is an imitative/non-standard onomatopoeic form with no dictionary entry, so its specific association with coins or a cash register is not fully predictable from the parts. Learners might guess it refers to a money/register noise (by analogy to 'cha-ching' or other onomatopoeias), but this inference is uncertain and relies on cultural/lexical exposure rather than straightforward composition.
Etymology
Kerching sound comes from copying the bright ring of coins or an old cash register. Because people said kerching when money arrived, the phrase now means 'getting money' or 'a sale'.