chinch

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /t͡ʃɪnt͡ʃ/
  • Audio (Southern England):(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɪnt͡ʃ

Etymology 1

From Spanish chinche (“bedbug”) or Portuguese chinche, from Latin cimex (“bedbug”).[1] Doublet of cimex.

Noun

chinch (plural chinches)

  1. The bedbug (Cimex lectularius).

References

  1. ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2025) “chinch”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

Etymology 2

Related to chink.

Verb

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

  1. (Newfoundland, transitive) To fill up.
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