# ting

Pronunciation: say "TING" /tɪŋ/

## Noun

1. A high, sharp ringing sound, like a small bell being struck.
   - Simple: A short, high ringing sound, like a small bell being hit.
   - _A clear ting rose from the counter as the cashier finished the sale._
   - _The triangle added a bright ting at the end of every measure._
4. A thing or person, often an attractive woman or a relative caught up in criminal schemes or disreputable connections. *(dialectal, Multicultural London English)*
   - Simple: A thing or a person. Sometimes a pretty woman, or a relative mixed up in crime.
   - _Everybody at the party was asking about his new ting._
   - _Don't get yourself tangled with that ting and his shady dealings._
5. An ancient Chinese vessel standing on legs and fitted with a lid.
   - Simple: A very old kind of Chinese container that stands on legs and has a lid.
   - _Archaeologists unearthed a ceremonial ting at the burial site._
   - _The bronze ting bore inscriptions cast into its inner walls._

## Interjection

2. Used to represent the high, sharp sound of a small bell being struck.
   - Simple: Used to copy the short, high sound of a small bell.
   - _Ting! went the bicycle bell as she rounded the corner._
   - _Somewhere down the hall a microwave finished with a soft ting._

## Verb

3. To make a high, sharp ringing sound, like a small bell being struck.
   - Simple: To make a short, high ringing sound, like a small bell.
   - _Glass ornaments ting softly whenever a train passes the window._
   - _Each time she stirred, the spoon was tinging against the porcelain._

## Origin

**Meanings 1–3** — An onomatopoeic word, formed to imitate a sound.
**Meaning 5** — From the Wade–Giles romanization of Mandarin 鼎 (dǐng), spelled 'ting³'.
**Meaning 4** — From the word 'thing'.

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/ting (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).