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ba dum chhh 

The sound that you can with a drum set after a joke is told by playing to snare 8th notes with a bass drum on the first 8th note followed by a symbal crash

may add extra h's for emphasis
ba dum chhh by PrEpN15 June 21, 2005

Ba Dum Ching 

Used to underscore or acknowledge a joke imitating a drum roll and cymbal crash.
For example:
1. knock knock
2. whos there
1. broken pencil
2. broken pencil who
1. nevermind... its pointless
2. ba dum ching

badum-ching 

n. 1) see Rimshot. 2) The sound made from a Rimshot. 3) A sarcastic remark in place of feigned laughter.
Person 1: Why did the chicken cross the road? To get to the other side! Get it? Get it?
Person 2: Badum-ching!
badum-ching by d_art February 5, 2006

badumCHI 

An onomatopoeia, badumchi is the sound of a quick drum riff, two snare beats followed by a cymbal clash, usually played after a joke has been told.

The "CHI" of badumCHI is written in caps to represent the respectively loud cymbal compared to the two beats of the snare preceding it.
Comedian: Diarrhea runs in my family.

BadumCHI
badumCHI by DougYoung April 22, 2009