ting
1[ ting ]
/ tɪŋ /
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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.
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Origin of ting
11485–95; imitative; see tang2
Words nearby ting
tineid, Tinel's sign, tine test, tin fish, tinfoil, ting, ting-a-ling, tinge, tingle, Tingley, Ting Ling
Definition for ting (2 of 3)
Origin of ting
2<Danish, Norwegian, Swedish; cognate with Icelandic thingthing2
Definition for ting (3 of 3)
Ting
[ ting ]
/ tɪŋ /
noun
Samuel C(hao) C(hung) [chou choong], /tʃaʊ tʃʊŋ/, born 1936, U.S. physicist: Nobel prize 1976.
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British Dictionary definitions for ting (1 of 3)
ting1
/ (tɪŋ) /
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
British Dictionary definitions for ting (2 of 3)
British Dictionary definitions for ting (3 of 3)
Ting
/ (tɪŋ) /
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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