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ting  (tng)

n.

A single light metallic sound, as of a small bell.

intr.v. tinged (tngd), ting·ing, tings

To give forth a light metallic sound.

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[From Middle English tingen, to cause to ring, of imitative origin.]

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Ting [tɪŋ]

n

(Biographies / Ting, Samuel Chao Chung (1936 M, US, SCIENCE: physicist) 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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ting¹

n

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

vb

to make or cause to make such a sound

[of imitative origin]

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ting²

n

(Government, Politics & Diplomacy) (often capital) a variant spelling of thing²

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	ting - a light clear metallic sound as of a small bell tinkle sound - the sudden occurrence of an audible event; "the sound awakened them"
Verb	1.	ting - cause to make a ting sound - cause to sound; "sound the bell"; "sound a certain note"
	2.	ting - make a light, metallic sound; go `ting' sound, go - make a certain noise or sound; "She went `Mmmmm'"; "The gun went `bang'"

Translations

ting

vt bell → läuten; to ting the bell → klingeln; he tinged his knife against the glass, he tinged the glass with his knife → er schlug mit dem Messer an das Glas, dass es klirrte

vi (bell) → klingen

n → Klingen nt; to give the bell a (quick) ting → (kurz) klingeln