Citations:ching

Noun: "a ringing sound, as of metal or glass being struck"

 * 1935 — Thomas W. Chinn, Chinese Digest, Volumes 1-2, page 439:
 * The large dragon drum goes "boom" whenever it wanted to, while the giant cymbals always had the last word with a "ching."
 * 1992 — Paul McCusker, The Secret Cave of Robinwood, Focus on the Family Publishing (1992), ISBN 9781561791026, page 40:
 * The hoe banged against a spade on the wall, making a loud "ching!"
 * 1998 — Robert Funderburk, Winter of Grace, Baker Publishing Group (1998), ISBN 9781556616167, page 98:
 * Caleb saw his brother leap behind the cash register; heard the loud ching as the No Sale sign popped up in the glass window;
 * 2004 — Neil Astley, Being Alive, Bloodaxe (2004), ISBN 9781852246754, page 138:
 * then the cracking of the ice-cube tray above the sink
 * and the quiet ching the cubes make
 * when dropped into a glass.
 * 2004 — Jacquie D'Alessandro, We've Got Tonight, Harlequin (2004), ISBN 9781459213562, unnumbered page:
 * "To predictions coming true," Riley agreed, touching her rim to his with a quiet ching of crystal.
 * 2004 — David Lewis, Coming Home, Bethany House (2004), ISBN 9780764226779, page 26:
 * Her entrance into the gift shop was greeted with a ching-ching and an almost overwhelming aroma of potpourri, scented soaps, and candles.
 * 2005 — Doug Davey, The Cy Brothers, Virtualbookworm.com (2005), ISBN 9781589397163, page 170:
 * A loud ching rang out as three of the bars were sliced in half.
 * 2008 — Greg Weston, Ocean View Terrace and the Blue Pirate Eater, Lulu (2008), ISBN 9781409202783, page 196:
 * Joseph gulped and drew his sword with a loud ching.
 * 2011 — Frank Delaney, The Matchmaker of Kenmare, Random House (2011), ISBN 9781400067848, page 190:
 * I heard the stuttering thuds everywhere, metal chings, glass breaking, and the earthbound gunfire too, and loud, wild shouts.
 * 2011 — Terry Marshall, Soda Springs: Love, Sex, and Civil Rights, FriesenPress (2011), ISBN 9781770671638, page 204:
 * A loud ching echoed through the cellblock—Chief's nightstick smacking a cell.

Noun: "(slang) money"

 * 2005 — Paul Lindsay, The Big Scam, Simon & Schuster (2005), ISBN 0743274660, page 100:
 * "Supposedly, it was worth millions back then, so it could be worth maybe ten times as much now."
 * 2006 — Neville Basson, "The Golden Hour", New Era, 7 April 2006:
 * If there are any people owing you money, it's a good time to drive to their houses and look for your "ching".
 * 2012 — Die Antwoord, "Fatty Boom Boom", Ten$Ion:
 * Jimmy, Jimmy, Jimmy / Hold onto your ching
 * 2012 — Erik Biksa, "Ask Erik: Raw! — Shopping Savvy", Rosebud, 18 July 2012:
 * If you know how to play your cards when buying, you can definitely save some ching here, especially on bigger ops.

Verb: "to chink or clink; to make a ringing sound, as of metal or glass being struck"

 * 1979 — Marshall Frady, Billy Graham: A Parable of American Righteousness, Simon & Schuster (2006), ISBN 9780743291439, page 28:
 * That evening, almost precisely as the high clock in the hall began chinging midnight, her labor started.
 * 2004 — Chuck Hogan, Prince of Thieves, Scribner (2004), ISBN 0743270517, page 193:
 * “Is this a joke—” Frawley shoved open the door, shoulder lowered, the chain snapping, the doorknob banging, the links chinging across hardwood like spilled dimes.
 * 2004 — David J. Morris, Storm on the Horizon: Khafji — The Battle that Changed the Course of the Gulf War, Free Press (2004), ISBN 9780743235570, unnumbered page:
 * These shadows, black as the earth they emerged from, were wearing what looked like dull German helmets, their webgear and canteens chinging as they ran.
 * 2004 — Devlin O'Neill, A Maid's Friends and Fantasies: Short Stories, Blue Moon Books (2005), ISBN 9781562014735, page 4:
 * Crystal chings and we sip.
 * 2009 — Dean Nelson, God Hides in Plain Sight: How to See the Sacred in a Chaotic World, Brazos Press (2009), ISBN 9781587432330, page 146:
 * One of the braves had an ankle bell that chinged when he walked.

Noun: "(Scotland, slang) cocaine"

 * 2002 — Irvine Welsh, Porno, Random House (2002), ISBN 022406181X, unnumbered page:books.google.com/books?id=dt88VATVjkAC&pg=PA100 page 100]:
 * I'll leave the message, but Simon's very much a free spirit, I state to the receiver as I use a fifty-pound note to hoover up some ching.
 * 2006 — Niall Griffiths, Wreckage, Graywolf Press (2006), ISBN 9781555974411, page 70:
 * Then back again to merely scoring some ching and getting fucking wasted.
 * 2011 — David Taylor, "Revealed: Sick prison boasts of woman who stabbed young mum to death in revenge attack", Daily Record (Scotland), 30 June 2011:
 * She said: "We were all drinking and snorting ching (cocaine).