ting-a-ling

American  

[ting-uh-ling] / ˈtɪŋ əˌlɪŋ /

noun

1. a repeated tinkling sound, as of a telephone bell.

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ting-a-ling British  

/ ˈtɪŋəˈlɪŋ /

noun

1. the sound of a small bell

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Etymology

Origin of ting-a-ling

First recorded in 1860–65; imitative rhyming compound

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Example Sentences

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ting-a-ling

Just here the front door-bell gave a malicious ting-a-ling.

From Divers Women by Pansy

Ko-ling, ko-lang, kolinglelingle, With ting-a-ling and jingle, The cows come slowly home.

From Poems Teachers Ask For Selected by readers of "Normal Instructor-Primary Plans" by Various

At eight o’clock a silvery ting-a-ling was heard, and never was bell more promptly responded to.

From Caps and Capers A Story of Boarding-School Life by C. M. (Charles Mark) Relyea

I never hear a little bell ting-a-ling to-day but what it brings those days back to me, with her so busy at our funny housekeeping.

From Wild Justice: Stories of the South Seas by Lloyd Osbourne

The girl courtesied, and the tallow chandler closed the door with a ting-a-ling.

From True to His Home A Tale of the Boyhood of Franklin by H. Winthrop Pierce

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