ting

[ting]

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verb (used with or without object)

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

noun

a tinging sound.

Origin of ting

1485–95; imitative; see tang²

ting

[ting]

noun

thing².

Origin of ting

< Danish, Norwegian, Swedish; cognate with Icelandic thing thing²

Ting

[ting]

noun

Samuel C(hao) C(hung)

[chou choo ng] /tʃaʊ tʃʊŋ/, born 1936, U.S. physicist: Nobel prize 1976.

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Related Words for ting

sound, jangle, ding, tingle, chime, clink, chink, ting, knock, plink

Examples from the Web for ting

Contemporary Examples of ting

Old Hawberk sat riveting the worn greaves of some ancient suit of armour, and the ting!
Read ‘The King in Yellow,’ the ‘True Detective’ Reference That’s the Key to the Show
Robert W. Chambers
February 20, 2014
“I would suggest a legitimate conversation about let[ting] the states keep their money and implement the programs,” he says.
Perry’s Entitlement Problem
Andrew Romano
August 12, 2011

Historical Examples of ting

"Me hab no—a—ting in de larder," cried the child, in a broken voice.
Tom Burke Of "Ours", Volume I (of II)
Charles James Lever
Lub is a ting stan' jus' like tar; arter he stick, he stick.
Letters from Port Royal
Various
I can dance, and I can sing, and I can do all sorts of ting.
The Christmas Books
William Makepeace Thackeray
Ting was out-generalled, and was paying the penalty of a bad formation.
Famous Sea Fights
John Richard Hale
I sing some lil' ting, and then I say for you to sing with me.
Song of the Lark
Willa Cather

British Dictionary definitions for ting

ting

noun

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

verb

to make or cause to make such a sound

Word Origin for ting

C15: of imitative origin

ting

noun

(often capital) a variant spelling of thing 2

Ting

noun

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

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