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ting

ting

6 8.4
A light, clear ringing sound like a small bell or glass
  • noun
  • /tɪŋ/
translation icon : tintineo
  • The bell rang with a joyful ting, announcing the start of the performance.

Examples

  • "The me of my face when I was a child hears the screen door slam, rattle, ting."

    Fiction book (1991)
  • When the glass hit the floor, it made a sharp ting that echoed through the room.

  • A twist of the wrist and the back fell off with a ting.

    Fiction book (1991)
  • I put on my sunglasses, lay down on the blanket, and fell asleep, listening to the waves and the ting-a-ling of the traveling ice cream man.

    Fiction book (1997)
  • As a child, she always imagined she heard this final flourish accompanied by the ting of a triangle, like the last note of a sprightly Christmas medley played by the Pittsburgh Pops.

    Fiction book (2000)
  • As the clock struck midnight, we heard the familiar ting of its chime.

Synonyms

bell
vsting
221 1.0

A clear ringing sound made by a struck metal object

is lighter and higher pitched rather than full resonant ringing of large instruments
ring
vsting
203 1.0

The sound a bell or phone makes when struck

is a lighter clear metallic tone rather than general long or loud sounds
ringing
vsting
133 1.0

A clear loud sound a bell or similar thing makes when hit

is lighter and simpler, not necessarily long or strongly resonant
click
vsting
73 1.0

A short sharp sound you hear when a switch or latch moves

is more resonant and clear rather than dry mechanical snapping
chime
vsting
23 1.7

A clear musical ringing sound made by a bell or a set of bells

is a single light metallic tone rather than an organized musical sequence
clink
vsting
19 5.3

A short, light sound made when glass or metal hit each other

comes from a single small resonator rather than object collision
ping
vsting
18 6.4

A short, sharp high sound like metal being struck

is lighter and more musical rather than a hard forceful echo
tinkle
vsting
12 4.4

A light clear ringing sound like a small bell

has the same light clear metallic sound but differs in wording
plink
vsting
1 8.6

A short high metal sound from a small hit

is a resonant clear metallic tone rather than a percussive impact
dingling
vsting
1 7.6

A light high ringing sound from a small bell

is similar but is lower pitched and less high sounding
chink
vsting
1 7.6

A short light ringing sound made by metal

is more sustained and clear rather than abruptly ending
bell-like call
vsting
  • Texting
3.7

A short bell sound on a phone or app that signals a message

is a natural light metallic sound rather than a synthetic notification tone

How Metallic

clang
28 3.9
ring
203 1.0
chime
23 1.7
ting
6 8.4
clink
19 5.3

Surface Forms

ting singular
tings plural

Etymology

Ting comes from the small sound 'ting' that a bell or glass makes, and it is a word that copies a sound, like the similar word tinkle. So a ting is a light, clear, metallic sound.