An abrupt high-pitched ringing sound, typically one made by a cash register.
‘nothing shifts the winds of Hollywood opinion like the ching of a box office cash register’
‘Jess's boss must have heard the ching of the cash register, because she appeared from behind the door again.’
‘I had finished my crackers and jam and gone back up to my room when I heard the ching of the doorbell and my father's voice and then another man's, though not Uncle Fitz.'s.’
‘The door closed behind them with a small ching of tiny bells, shutting out the roar of the crowd.’
‘It's probably been a few months since I've heard the ching! of a toaster telling me my toast is done, or the annoying beep of a microwave after it pops my popcorn.’
‘The ball connected with a dull ching and I took off to first.’
‘There was the cash drawer, sliding open with a ching that seemed now like something eerie and wholly alien.’
‘A loud ching interrupted Jake's thoughts as he turned back towards the impending battle.’
‘A soft ching of metal told her that that someone was trying to pick the lock.’
‘The scoreboard, undisturbed by the chaos, went ching!’
Origin
Imitative.
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