ting

¹

[ting]

verb (used with or without object)

1. to make or cause to make a high, clear, ringing sound.

noun

1. a tinging sound.

ting

²

[ting]

noun

1. thing.

Ting

³

[ting]

noun

1. Samuel C(hao) C(hung) born 1936, U.S. physicist: Nobel Prize 1976.

ting

¹

/ tɪŋ /

noun

1. a high metallic sound such as that made by a small bell

verb

1. to make or cause to make such a sound

Ting

²

/ tɪŋ /

noun

1. Samuel Chao Chung. born 1936, US physicist, who discovered the J/psi particle independently of Burton Richter, with whom he shared (1976) the Nobel prize for physics

ting

³

/ tɪŋ /

noun

1. (often capital) a variant spelling of thing 2

Word History and Origins

Origin of ting¹

1485–95; imitative; tang ²

Origin of ting²

< Danish, Norwegian, Swedish; cognate with Icelandic thing thing ²

Word History and Origins

Origin of ting¹

C15: of imitative origin

Example Sentences

Earl was delighted, messaging an online contact: "Got that warehouse ting done. It was the one behind all the gates. Bro 8ft gates around whole ting."

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Terrible tings goen happen if Jar Jar remains nothing more than the most annoying and unnecessary CGI character ever to please George Lucas.

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Bulls***ting is deceiving people about one’s motives — using true or false claims indiscriminately — and is a more accurate description of his routine behavior.

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“I don’t know if the schedule is a good ting or a bad thing,’’ he said.

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S“ex”ting: How you lost your wife.

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