ba-dum ching
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English
 | a recording of a sting: "ba-dum ching!"
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Alternative forms
Etymology
Imitating a drum roll and cymbal crash played as a comic sting.
Interjection
- (humorous) Used to underscore or acknowledge a joke.
- 2005, Julie Kenner, Night Moves:
- She gave it a little spin as it came off her right arm, then sent it flying. It landed on his head with aplomb, and she laughed. "Ba-dum, ching!"
- 2006, Mark Mulvey, Where There's a Will, There's Away... Messages:
- Boy, it looks like the average Viagra consumer has some stiff competition. (ba-dum ching!)
- 2009, Michael Fontaine, Funny Words in Plautine Comedy:
- ...a painfully obvious joke that, in modern performance, is punctuated by a ba-dum ching! drum roll and cymbal crash to coincide with the collective groan of the audience.