Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

cha-ching

/tʃəˈtʃɪŋ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 3.20 in modern English

Syllables: cha-ch-ing
IPA: /tʃəˈtʃɪŋ/

19

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

3

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

intj

Score!; wow!; said to celebrate something that has made or will make a large amount of money.

Informal; Slang

noun

Informal; Slang

verb

To make the noise of a cash register or slot machine.

Informal; Intransitive verb

verb

To make the noise of coins falling.

Informal; Intransitive verb

Example Sentences

"Cha-ching! More profit, more jobs."
"2005, Lee Mylne, advertisement, Frommer′s Portable Australia′s Great Barrier Reef, page 207, They find the best offerings on Travelocity. For very little cha-ching."
"[…]but the majority of hotels see guests′ phone calls as a major cha-ching opportunity and charge ridiculously inflated rates."
"The young guy bought the woman a refill of the same fine chardonnay that made her dad′s cash register cha-ching with pleasure."

Etymology

Onomatopoeic, imitative of the sound of a mechanical cash register when an amount is rung up. Popularized by the movie Wayne's World (1992) and by an advertisement in 1992 featuring Seth Green. The spoken term is also, in the US, a trademarked sound of Checkers Drive-In Restaurants, Inc.

Usage

Inflected Forms

chiching (alternative) chi-ching (alternative) chaching (alternative) ca-ching (alternative) ka-ching (alternative, UK) kerching (alternative, UK) cha-chings (plural) cha-chings (present, singular) cha-chinging (participle, present) cha-chinged (participle, past) cha-chinged (past)

Rhymes With

being something thing bring thinking king spring ring wing sing string swing

Questions

How do you pronounce cha-ching?: The recorded pronunciation is /tʃəˈtʃɪŋ/.
What does cha-ching mean?: Score!; wow!; said to celebrate something that has made or will make a large amount of money.
Where does cha-ching come from?: Onomatopoeic, imitative of the sound of a mechanical cash register when an amount is rung up. Popularized by the movie Wayne's World (1992) and by an advertisement in 1992 featuring Seth Green. The spoken term is also, in the US, a trademarked sound of Checkers Drive-In Restaurants, Inc.

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