chin-chin
Casual British cheers
Chin-chin is a toast or drinking salutation, used when raising glasses, similar to cheers.
The expression comes from a Chinese greeting and entered English through pidgin used in trade ports.
In British English especially, chin-chin can also serve as an informal hello or goodbye.
Chin-chin, old boy!
The word also names a popular West African fried snack made from sweetened dough, cut into small pieces and deep-fried until crisp.
Casual toast or farewell
- clinkSharp metallic ring
- glassesCorrective eyewear or tumblers
- saluteGestural sign of honor
- champagneEffervescent celebratory wine
prost · salud · na zdorovie · bubbly · sparkling · flute · goblet · raise
Cooked in hot fat
- doughFlour-liquid mixture for baking
- crunchyBreaking with sound
- sweetTasting of sugar
- NigerianFrom Lagos's country
West African · finger food · deep-fried · pastry · treat · party food · cinnamon · sugar-coated
cheers
Casual toast or farewell
champagne · prost · salud · na zdorovie · bubbly · sparkling · flute · goblet · raise · libation
fried
Cooked in hot fat
Nigerian · West African · finger food · deep-fried · pastry · treat · party food · cinnamon · sugar-coated · crispy
chin-chinl'chaim
Hebrew for "to life"
prosit · salud · to your health · here's to you · here's to
chin-chinsilence
Total lack of sound
cold shoulder · snub · teetotalism · abstinence · drinking alone