different between chine vs ching

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t?a?n/
• Rhymes: -a?n

Etymology 1

From Middle English chyne, from Old French eschine, from Frankish *skina, from Proto-Germanic *skin?. Doublet of shin.

Alternative forms

• chimb, chime

Noun

chine (plural chines)

1. The top of a ridge.
2. The spine of an animal.
   • 1883: Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island

     […] the captain aimed at the fugitive one last tremendous cut, which would certainly have split him to the chine had it not been intercepted by our big signboard […]
3. A piece of the backbone of an animal, with the adjoining parts, cut for cooking.
4. (nautical) A sharp angle in the cross section of a hull.
5. (nautical) A hollowed or bevelled channel in the waterway of a ship's deck.
6. The edge or rim of a cask, etc., formed by the projecting ends of the staves; the chamfered end of a stave.
7. The back of the blade on a scythe.

Translations

Verb

chine (third-person singular simple present chines, present participle chining, simple past and past participle chined)

1. (transitive) To cut through the backbone of; to cut into chine pieces.
2. To chamfer the ends of a stave and form the chine.

Etymology 2

From Middle English chin (“crack, fissure, chasm”), from Old English ?ine, ?inu, from Proto-Germanic *kin?.

Noun

chine (plural chines)

1. (Southern England) A steep-sided ravine leading from the top of a cliff down to the sea.
   • 1885, Jean Ingelow, A Cottage in a Chine

     The cottage in a chine, we were not to behold it.

   • 1988, Alan Hollinghurst, The Swimming Pool Library, Penguin Books (1988), page 169

     In the odorous stillness of the day I thought of the tracks that threaded Egdon Heath, and of benign, elderly Sandbourne, with its chines and sheltered beach-huts.

Related terms

• chine
• chink

Etymology 3

From Middle English ch?nen (“to crack, fissure, split”), from Old English ??nan (“to break into pieces, burst, crack”), from Proto-Germanic *k?nan? (“to split; crack; germinate; sprout”).

Verb

chine (third-person singular simple present chines, present participle chining, simple past and past participle chined or chone or chane)

1. (obsolete) To crack, split, fissure, break. [9th-16th c.]
   • 1508, John Fisher, Treatise concernynge ... the seven penytencyall Psalms

     After the erth be brent, chyned & chypped by the hete of the sonne.

Related terms

• chine

References

• An historical dictionary

Anagrams

• Chien, niche

French

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -in

Verb

chine

1. first-person singular present indicative of chiner
2. third-person singular present indicative of chiner
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of chiner
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of chiner
5. second-person singular imperative of chiner

Anagrams

• chien, niche, niché

Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?ç?n??]

Noun

chine m

1. Lenited form of cine.

Italian

Adjective

chine

1. feminine plural of chino

Noun

chine f pl

1. plural of china

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?t???/
• Rhymes: -??

Etymology 1

Thai ???? (chìng).

Noun

ching pl (plural only)

1. A pair of small bowl-shaped finger cymbals made of thick and heavy bronze, used in the music of Thailand and Cambodia.

Synonyms

• chhing

Further reading

• ching on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Etymology 2

Onomatopeic.

Interjection

ching

1. The sound of metal or glass clinking.

Noun

ching (countable and uncountable, plural chings)

1. (countable) A ringing sound, as of metal or glass being struck.
   • 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!"

   • 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.

   • 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.

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:ching.
2. (uncountable, slang) Money (from the sound of a cash register ringing up an amount).
   • 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."

     Tatorrio whistled. "That's a lot of ching."

   • 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.

3. (zoology) A high-pitched mating call made by the male kakapo.
4. (MLE, slang) A knife.

Synonyms

• (money): See also Thesaurus:money.

Verb

ching (third-person singular simple present chings, present participle chinging, simple past and past participle chinged)

1. To chink or clink; to make a ringing sound, as of metal or glass being struck.

   The cutlery was chinging as the boat swayed around on the sea.

   • 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.

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:ching.
2. (MLE, slang) To stab.

   Synonyms: chef, shank
3. (zoology, intransitive) Of the male kakapo: to make its high-pitched mating call.

See also

• cha-ching
• ching chong
• kerching

Etymology 3

Unknown.

Noun

ching (uncountable)

1. (Scotland, slang) Cocaine.
   • 2002, Irvine Welsh, Porno, Random House (2002), ?ISBN, unnumbered page:

     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). […]

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:cocaine.

Anagrams

• ginch

Old Irish

Verb

ching

1. Lenited form of cing.

Mutation

Zou

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ci??/

Noun

ching

1. claw

References

• Lukram Himmat Singh (2013) A Descriptive Grammar of Zou, Canchipur: Manipur University, page 44