ting
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8.4
- noun
- /tɪŋ/
- The bell rang with a joyful ting, announcing the start of the performance.
Examples
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"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.
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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
89
1.0
A short sharp sound you hear when a switch or latch moves
85
1.0
The sound a bell or phone makes when struck
31
1.0
A clear loud sound a bell or similar thing makes when hit
29
1.7
A clear musical ringing sound made by a bell or a set of bells
28
6.4
A short, sharp high sound like metal being struck
15
5.3
A short, light sound made when glass or metal hit each other
8
4.4
A light clear ringing sound like a small bell
4
1.0
A clear ringing sound made by a struck metal object
3
7.6
A short light ringing sound made by metal
1
8.6
A short high metal sound from a small hit
A light high ringing sound from a small bell
A short bell sound on a phone or app that signals a message
How Metallic
Surface Forms
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.