Citations:ching

English citations of ching

Noun: "a ringing sound, as of metal or glass being struck"

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• 1935 — Thomas W. Chinn, Chinese Digest, Volumes 1-2, page 439:

  The large dragon drum goes "boom" whenever it wanted to, while the giant cymbals always had the last word with a "ching."

• 1992 — Paul McCusker, The Secret Cave of Robinwood, Focus on the Family Publishing (1992), →ISBN, page 40:

  The hoe banged against a spade on the wall, making a loud "ching!"

• 1998 — Robert Funderburk, Winter of Grace, Baker Publishing Group (1998), →ISBN, page 98:

  Caleb saw his brother leap behind the cash register; heard the loud ching as the No Sale sign popped up in the glass window; […]

• 2004 — Neil Astley, Being Alive, Bloodaxe (2004), →ISBN, page 138:

  then the cracking of the ice-cube tray above the sink

  and the quiet ching the cubes make

  when dropped into a glass.

• 2004 — Jacquie D'Alessandro, We've Got Tonight, Harlequin (2004), →ISBN, unnumbered page:

  "To predictions coming true," Riley agreed, touching her rim to his with a quiet ching of crystal.

• 2004 — David Lewis, Coming Home, Bethany House (2004), →ISBN, page 26:

  Her entrance into the gift shop was greeted with a ching-ching and an almost overwhelming aroma of potpourri, scented soaps, and candles.

• 2005 — Doug Davey, The Cy Brothers, Virtualbookworm.com (2005), →ISBN, page 170:

  A loud ching rang out as three of the bars were sliced in half.

• 2008 — Greg Weston, Ocean View Terrace and the Blue Pirate Eater, Lulu (2008), →ISBN, page 196:

  Joseph gulped and drew his sword with a loud ching.

• 2011 — Frank Delaney, The Matchmaker of Kenmare, Random House (2011), →ISBN, page 190:

  I heard the stuttering thuds everywhere, metal chings, glass breaking, and the earthbound gunfire too, and loud, wild shouts.

• 2011 — Terry Marshall, Soda Springs: Love, Sex, and Civil Rights, FriesenPress (2011), →ISBN, page 204:

  A loud ching echoed through the cellblock—Chief's nightstick smacking a cell.

Noun: "(slang) money"

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• 2005 — Paul Lindsay, The Big Scam, Simon & Schuster (2005), →ISBN, page 100:

  "Supposedly, it was worth millions back then, so it could be worth maybe ten times as much now."

• 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 — Die Antwoord, "Fatty Boom Boom", Ten$Ion:

  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.

Verb: "to chink or clink; to make a ringing sound, as of metal or glass being struck"

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• 1979 — Marshall Frady, Billy Graham: A Parable of American Righteousness, Simon & Schuster (2006), →ISBN, page 28:

  That evening, almost precisely as the high clock in the hall began chinging midnight, her labor started.

• 2004 — Chuck Hogan, Prince of Thieves, Scribner (2004), →ISBN, page 193:

  “Is this a joke—” Frawley shoved open the door, shoulder lowered, the chain snapping, the doorknob banging, the links chinging across hardwood like spilled dimes.

• 2004 — David J. Morris, Storm on the Horizon: Khafji — The Battle that Changed the Course of the Gulf War, Free Press (2004), →ISBN, 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, 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, page 146:

  One of the braves had an ankle bell that chinged when he walked.

Noun: "(Scotland, slang) cocaine"

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• 2002 — Irvine Welsh, Porno, Random House (2002), →ISBN, unnumbered page:books.google.com/books?id=dt88VATVjkAC&pg=PA100 page 100]:

  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, 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). […]