'chiniz' definitions:

Definition of 'chiniz'

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  • Chinch \Chinch\, n. [Cf. Sp. chinche, fr. L. cimex.]
  • 1. (Zool.) The bedbug (Cimex lectularius). [1913 Webster]
  • 2. (Zool.) A bug (Blissus leucopterus), which, in the United States, is very destructive to grass, wheat, and other grains; -- also called chiniz, chinch bug, chink bug. It resembles the bedbug in its disgusting odor. [1913 Webster]