ting1
[ting]
- to make or cause to make a high, clear, ringing sound.
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- a tinging sound.
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Origin of ting1
1485–95; imitative; see tang2
ting2
[ting]
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Origin of ting2
Ting
[ting]
- Samuel C(hao) C(hung) [chou choo ng] /tʃaʊ tʃʊŋ/, born 1936, U.S. physicist: Nobel prize 1976.
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Examples from the Web for ting
Contemporary Examples
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 ShowRobert 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.
Historical Examples
"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 RoyalVarious
I can dance, and I can sing, and I can do all sorts of ting.
The Christmas BooksWilliam Makepeace Thackeray
Ting was out-generalled, and was paying the penalty of a bad formation.
Famous Sea FightsJohn Richard Hale
I sing some lil' ting, and then I say for you to sing with me.
Song of the LarkWilla Cather
ting1
- a high metallic sound such as that made by a small bell
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- to make or cause to make such a sound
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Word Origin
C15: of imitative origin
ting2
- (often capital) a variant spelling of thing 2
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Ting
- 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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