chinch
/t͡ʃɪnt͡ʃ/noun, verb
chinch is a noun meaning “The bedbug (Cimex lectularius)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled C-H-I-N-C-H, and it appears about once in every 37 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of chinch is chinches.
What does chinch mean?
noun
- 1
The bedbug (Cimex lectularius).
verb
- 1
To fill up.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce chinch?
- /t͡ʃɪnt͡ʃ/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-chinch.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of chinch
- chinches plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- chinching participle, present
- chinched participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is chinch?
Chinch appears about once in every 37 million words in written English, the 187,122nd most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Where does chinch come from?
From Spanish chinche (“bedbug”) or Portuguese chinche, from Latin cimex (“bedbug”). Doublet of cimex.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).