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chinch

5 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. chinch (noun)
  2. chinch bug (noun)
  3. false chinch bug (noun)
  4. hairy chinch bug (noun)
  5. chintz (noun)

chinch

noun \ˈchinch\

Definition of CHINCH

: bedbug

Origin of CHINCH

Spanish chinche, from Latin cimic-, cimex
First Known Use: 1616

Rhymes with CHINCH

cinch, clinch, finch, flinch, grinch, inch, lynch, Minch, pinch, squinch, winch

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