"ting" meaning in English

See ting in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Interjection

IPA: /tɪŋ/ [General-American, Received-Pronunciation] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-ting.wav
enPR: tĭng [General-American, Received-Pronunciation] Rhymes: -ɪŋ Etymology: Onomatopoeic. Etymology templates: {{onomatopoeic|en}} Onomatopoeic Head templates: {{en-interj}} ting
  1. The sound of a small bell being struck.
    Sense id: en-ting-en-intj-yF73UU3J Categories (other): Entries with translation boxes, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Indonesian translations, Terms with Ingrian translations Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 32 31 37 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 28 35 36 Disambiguation of Terms with Indonesian translations: 28 35 36 Disambiguation of Terms with Ingrian translations: 30 34 36
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /tɪŋ/ [General-American, Received-Pronunciation] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-ting.wav Forms: tings [plural]
enPR: tĭng [General-American, Received-Pronunciation] Rhymes: -ɪŋ Etymology: Onomatopoeic. Etymology templates: {{onomatopoeic|en}} Onomatopoeic Head templates: {{en-noun}} ting (plural tings)
  1. A high-pitched ringing sound, as made when a small bell is struck. Translations (The sound made when a small bell is struck): kilahdus (Finnish), helähdys (Finnish), ting (Indonesian)
    Sense id: en-ting-en-noun-OnA8I-cz Categories (other): Entries with translation boxes, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Indonesian translations, Terms with Ingrian translations Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 32 31 37 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 28 35 36 Disambiguation of Terms with Indonesian translations: 28 35 36 Disambiguation of Terms with Ingrian translations: 30 34 36
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /tɪŋ/ [General-American, Received-Pronunciation] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-ting.wav Forms: tings [plural], ting [plural]
enPR: tĭng [General-American, Received-Pronunciation] Rhymes: -ɪŋ Etymology: From the Wade–Giles romanization of Mandarin 鼎 (dǐng) Wade-Giles romanization: ting³. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|cmn-wadegiles|-}} Wade–Giles, {{der|en|cmn|鼎}} Mandarin 鼎 (dǐng), {{lang|zh|鼎}} 鼎 Head templates: {{en-noun|s|ting}} ting (plural tings or ting)
  1. An ancient Chinese vessel with legs and a lid. Synonyms: ding
    Sense id: en-ting-en-noun-~gploVNA
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Noun

IPA: /tɪŋ/ [General-American, Received-Pronunciation] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-ting.wav Forms: tings [plural]
enPR: tĭng [General-American, Received-Pronunciation] Rhymes: -ɪŋ Etymology: From thing. Head templates: {{en-noun}} ting (plural tings)
  1. (Caribbean creoles, MLE, MTE) thing, person (often referring to an attractive woman or a relation with one or engagements in criminal schemes or otherwise potentially disreputable connections). Tags: Multicultural-London-English Derived forms: battri ting, big man ting, peng ting, side ting
    Sense id: en-ting-en-noun-3p9bwmWB Categories (other): Multicultural London English, Multicultural Toronto English, English entries with incorrect language header, English onomatopoeias, Pages with 13 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 17 16 14 38 15 Disambiguation of English onomatopoeias: 14 14 13 40 19 Disambiguation of Pages with 13 entries: 0 1 6 5 5 18 5 1 1 5 2 1 1 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 10 1 16 7 1 2 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 0 1 7 6 6 18 6 1 0 6 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 1 18 8 0 1
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Verb

IPA: /tɪŋ/ [General-American, Received-Pronunciation] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-ting.wav Forms: tings [present, singular, third-person], tinging [participle, present], tinged [participle, past], tinged [past]
enPR: tĭng [General-American, Received-Pronunciation] Rhymes: -ɪŋ Etymology: Onomatopoeic. Etymology templates: {{onomatopoeic|en}} Onomatopoeic Head templates: {{en-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. Related terms: ding, ding dong, tintinnabulation Translations (To make a ting sound): kilahtaa (Finnish), helähtää (Finnish), helähtää (Ingrian)
    Sense id: en-ting-en-verb-ZaUUIXM9 Categories (other): Entries with translation boxes, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Indonesian translations, Terms with Ingrian translations Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 32 31 37 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 28 35 36 Disambiguation of Terms with Indonesian translations: 28 35 36 Disambiguation of Terms with Ingrian translations: 30 34 36
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "word": "big man ting"
    },
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      "word": "peng ting"
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      "word": "side ting"
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          "text": "Inter, two man in Milan, heard one of my tings datin' P. Diddy / Need twenty percent of whatever she bags",
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}

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