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cha-chinging

cha-chinging is the present participle and gerund of cha-ching.

Meaning of cha-ching

Verb

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

  1. (informal, intransitive) To make the noise of a cash register or slot machine.
    • The young guy bought the woman a refill of the same fine chardonnay that made her dad′s cash register cha-ching with pleasure.2011, Catherine Coulter, Split Second, unnumbered page
  2. (informal, intransitive) To make the noise of coins falling.

See all 4 meanings of cha-ching

Questions about cha-chinging

What is cha-chinging the present participle and gerund of?
Cha-chinging is the present participle and gerund of cha-ching.

Words near cha-chinging in the dictionary

  1. cha-chaed
  2. cha-chaing
  3. cha-chas
  4. cha-ching
  5. cha-chinged
  6. cha-chinging
  7. cha-chings
  8. cha-om
  9. Cha-pu
  10. chaabi
  11. chaas

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