English Explanatory Dictionary

cha-ching

English dictionary entry

Meanings

intj
  1. Score!; wow!; said to celebrate something that has made or will make a large amount of money.
noun
  1. Money, cash.
verb
  1. To make the noise of a cash register or slot machine.
  2. To make the noise of coins falling.

Pronunciation

/tʃəˈtʃɪŋ/ EN-AU ck1 cha-ching.ogg

Word forms

cha-ching chiching chi-ching chaching ca-ching ka-ching kerching cha-chings cha-chinging cha-chinged

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.

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