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Webster 1913 Edition


Chinche

Chinche

,
Adj.
[F.
chiche
miserly.]
Parsimonious; niggardly.
[Obs.]
Chaucer.

Definition 2024


chinche

chinche

See also: chinché

Galician

Noun

chinche f (plural chinches)

  1. bug, a member of the insect order Hemiptera

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin cīmex, cimicis.

Noun

chinche f (plural chinches)

  1. bedbug
  2. thumbtack

Synonyms

  • (thumbtack):
  • chincheta

Related terms

Verb

chinche

  1. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of chinchar.
  2. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present subjunctive form of chinchar.
  3. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of chinchar.