Ting
[tɪŋ]
Definition
(noun.) a light clear metallic sound as of a small bell.
(verb.) make a light, metallic sound; go `ting'.
(verb.) cause to make a ting.
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Definition
(n.) A sharp sound, as of a bell; a tinkling.
(v. i.) To sound or ring, as a bell; to tinkle.
(n.) The apartment in a Chinese temple where the idol is kept.
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Definition
v.t. and v.i. to tinkle like a bell.—n. a sharp sound a tinkling.—n. Ting′-a-ling the sound of a bell tinkling—used adverbially.
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Examples
- Von vare fine orishinal of dis, von fine copee of dat, an dis ting, an oter ting, and I den vos pay agen: an ven I go in, dese ting are all exécrable! Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- Ven at de Louvre I pay noting, to see avari ting vat is good. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- A thoroughly equipped observatory was provided, including prin ting-press and workshops for the construc tion of apparatus. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- Old problems like squaring the circle, trisec ting the angle, and doubling the cube, were now attempted in a new spirit and with fresh vigor. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- Large book at home--full of notes--music, picture, science, potry, poltic; all tings. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Nothing unbecoming tinged the pride; it was a natural and worthy one; but he observed it as a curiosity. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- A glow rested on them, such as tinged her complexion. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- That land, said Adrian, tinged with the last glories of the day, is Greece. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- When we rose again, I observed Holmes's eyes were shining and his cheeks tinged with colour. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- Then the passages were tinged with a subdued happiness that was even sadder than the rest. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- Men have oftener suffered from, the mockery of a place too smiling for their reason than from the oppression of surroundings oversadly tinged. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- Still her voice rang on like a bell, tinged with a tone of mockery. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
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