ting

1. Representing a high-pitched sharp sound like a small bell being struck.

   “Aah, Miss Zoe!” proclaimed Raj, as she opened the door to his shop. The bell rang as she entered. TING.

   2012, David Walliams [pseudonym; David Edward Williams], “Burt’s Burgers”, in Ratburger, London: HarperCollins Children’s Books, →ISBN, page 135

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   Ting, ting, ting! went the bell again. Everybody sat down; the curtain shook, rose sufficiently high to display several pair of yellow boots paddling about, and there it remained.

   1839, Charles Dickens, “The Private Theatricals”, in Sketches by Boz

   Lonnie shook the Sacajaweas from his hand and let them land noisily on the glass coffee table—ting ting ting—oblivious or indifferent or likely hostile to Ig so near to nap.

   2015, Claire Vaye Watkins, “Book One”, in Gold Fame Citrus, New York, N.Y.: Riverhead Books, →ISBN, page 74

plural tings

1. A high-pitched sharp sound like a small bell being struck.

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

   1934, Agatha Christie, chapter 4, in Murder on the Orient Express, London: HarperCollins, published 2017, page 36

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   Through the sound of the shivering glass I could hear the "ting" of the gold, as some of the sovereigns fell on the flagging.

   1897, Bram Stoker, Dracula, New York: Doubleday & McClure, published 1899, page xxiii. 307

present singular third person tings · participle present tinging · participle past tinged · past tinged

1. To make a high-pitched sharp sound like a small bell being struck.

   When the microwaved food was ready, the bell tinged.

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   It was built by Alco—the American Locomotive Company—and looked fairly new; it was carried on two 4-wheel bogies, and had a funny bell that tinged continuously somewhere inside.

   1942 February, “A Railway Day in New England”, in Railway Magazine, page 38

plural tings · alternative ding

1. An ancient Chinese vessel with legs and a lid.

plural tings

1. CaribbeanMulticultural London Englishthing, person (often referring to an attractive woman or a relation engaged in criminal schemes or disreputable connections).

   Inter, two man in Milan, heard one of my tings datin' P. Diddy / Need twenty percent of whatever she bags

   2023, “Sprinter”, performed by Central Cee x Dave

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   Her name ain't Margaret, but she's moody I can't get enough of that booty (I love it) I got a white ting called Lucy And I got a light ting called Ruby (Yes) Could be boujee or could be a groupie Shoot my shot, Call of Duty (Bow)

   2026 November 30, “Throwback Thursday” (track 4), in Trizzac (lyrics), Demented

plural Tings · alternative Ding

1. A surname from Hokkien or Eastern Min.