ting
noun
- type of ancient Chinese vessel
verb
- to make or cause to make a ting
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /tɪŋ/
intj
Etymology: Onomatopoeic.
- Representing a high-pitched sharp sound like a small bell being struck.
“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.”
“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.”
name
Etymology: From Hokkien 丁 (Teng) or Eastern Min 陳／陈 (Dìng).
- A surname.
noun
Etymology: From thing.
- thing, 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”
verb
Etymology: Onomatopoeic.
- To make a high-pitched sharp sound like a small bell being struck.
“When the microwaved food was ready, the bell tinged.”
“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.”