ba-dum ching
English
Alternative forms
- ba dum tish
- ba dum tss
Etymology
Imitating a drum roll and cymbal crash played as a comic sting.
Interjection
ba-dum ching
- (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.
- 2005, Julie Kenner, Night Moves
See also
- rimshot
- Sting (percussion)