ting

¹ American  

[ting] / tɪŋ /

verb (used with or without object)

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

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noun

1. a tinging sound.

ting ² American  

[ting] / tɪŋ /

noun

1. thing.

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Ting ³ American  

[ting] / tɪŋ /

noun

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

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ting ¹ British  

/ tɪŋ /

noun

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

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verb

1. to make or cause to make such a sound

Ting ² British  

/ 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

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ting ³ British  

/ tɪŋ /

noun

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

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Etymology

Origin of ting¹

1485–95; imitative; see tang ²

Origin of ting²

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

Example Sentences

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

From Seattle Times • Jun. 9, 2023

Still, many young people think ting ju feng is just a social media fad.

From New York Times • Sep. 7, 2022

I watched transfixed as the electrical alchemy of heat turned dullness into golden, the gentle tick of minutes sounding the bright ting of the alarm.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 22, 2022

Mum I know my ting, I ain’t having a joke.

From Fox News • Feb. 6, 2019

At the same moment the ting of a bell sounded sharply.

From "Murder on the Orient Express" by Agatha Christie