different between hunk vs ching

English

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /h??k/
• Rhymes: -??k

Etymology 1

Probably borrowed from West Flemish hunke (“hunk; chunk”), of obscure origin. Probably from an earlier *humke, *humpke, a diminutive related to Dutch homp (“hunk; lump”), English hump, equivalent to hump +? -kin. The sense of an attractive man is recorded in Australian slang in 1941, in jive talk in 1945.

Noun

hunk (plural hunks)

1. A large or dense piece of something.

   a hunk of metal

   • 1884: Mark Twain, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Chapter IX

     "Jim, this is nice," I says. "I wouldn't want to be nowhere else but here. Pass me along another hunk of fish and some hot corn-bread."

2. (informal) A sexually attractive man, especially one who is muscular.
3. (computing) A record of differences between almost contiguous portions of two files (or other sources of information). Differences that are widely separated by areas which are identical in both files would not be part of a single hunk. Differences that are separated by small regions which are identical in both files may comprise a single hunk. Patches are made up of hunks.
4. (US, slang) A honyock.

Synonyms

• (large or dense piece): chunk, lump, piece
• (sexually attractive boy): beefcake

Derived terms

• hunky

Translations

See also

• bohunk

Etymology 2

Dutch honk (“the base in a game”)

Noun

hunk

1. (US) A goal or base in children's games.

References

• “hunk” in the Canadian Oxford Dictionary, Second Edition, Oxford University Press, 2004.
• Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “hunk”, in Online Etymology Dictionary

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