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chinch

/t͡ʃɪnt͡ʃ/

chinch noun: the bedbug (Cimex lectularius).

Noun

chinch (plural chinches)

  1. The bedbug (Cimex lectularius).

Verb

chinch (third-person singular simple present chinches, present participle chinching, simple past and past participle chinched)

  1. (Newfoundland, transitive) To fill up.

Forms of chinch

Noun
pluralchinches
Verb
third-person singular presentchinches
present participlechinching
past participlechinched
pastchinched

Origin of chinch

From Spanish chinche (“bedbug”) or Portuguese chinche, from Latin cimex (“bedbug”). Doublet of cimex.

Related to chink.

Questions about chinch

What does chinch mean?
Chinch means the bedbug (Cimex lectularius).
What part of speech is chinch?
Chinch can be a noun or a verb.
How do you pronounce chinch?
Chinch is pronounced /t͡ʃɪnt͡ʃ/.
What is the plural of chinch?
The plural of chinch is chinches.

Words near chinch in the dictionary

  1. Chinca
  2. chincapin
  3. chincapins
  4. chince
  5. chinces
  6. chinch
  7. Chincha
  8. Chincha Alta
  9. Chinchai
  10. Chinchaisuyu
  11. chinchalok

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