ting

Interjection

1. 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.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

Noun (1)

ting (plural tings)

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

Verb

ting (third-person singular simple present tings, present participle tinging, simple past and past participle tinged)

1. 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.1942 February, “A Railway Day in New England”, in Railway Magazine, page 38

Noun (2)

ting (plural tings or ting)

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

Noun (3)

ting (plural tings)

1. (Caribbean, Multicultural-London-English) 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 bags2023, “Sprinter”, performed by Central Cee x Dave
   • 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

Proper noun capitalized: Ting

Ting (plural Tings)

1. A surname from Hokkien or Eastern Min.