ting

IPA: tˈɪŋ

noun

  • A high-pitched ringing sound, as made when a small bell is struck.
  • An ancient Chinese vessel with legs and a lid.
  • (Caribbean creoles, MLE, MTE) thing, person (often referring to a attractive female or a relation with one or engagements in criminal schemes or otherwise potentially disreputable connections).
  • A surname.

verb

  • To make a high-pitched sharp sound like a small bell being struck.
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Examples of "ting" in Sentences

  • Unfortunately, in Creeting St Peter, life is not that simple.
  • Once I heard a "ting" - as if somebody was using the telephone.
  • He remembered the 'ting' of the telephone that Jack said he had heard that afternoon.
  • Our GP tutor (also known as that "ting") must be the worse GP tutor in the history of GP tutors!
  • I heard now and then a sound that resembled the swift flight of a bird or the sudden "ting" of a telegraph-wire.
  • In some exper­i­ments, the envi­ron­ment mat­ters a great deal; in oth­ers, the set­ting is a psychologist’s lab.
  • This entire ting is in the hands of lawyers and accountants, neither profession is peopled by those who have consciences.
  • The novel I'm working on right now has "ting," I know it does, but it's driving me crazy and I'm having a ball with an easy reader on the side.
  • Cycling in to town, I heard a faint 'ting' behind and beyond me; a bicycle bell on the opposite pavement, one that was the same sort as my own.
  • The first signs of spring are beginning to appear in Creeting St Peter and, unfortunately, have received something of a frosty reception from Mother Nature.

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