TING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does ting mean? 

• TING (noun)
  The noun TING has 1 sense:

1. a light clear metallic sound as of a small bell

  Familiarity information: TING used as a noun is very rare.

• TING (verb)
  The verb TING has 2 senses:

1. cause to make a ting

2. make a light, metallic sound; go 'ting'

  Familiarity information: TING used as a verb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TING (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A light clear metallic sound as of a small bell

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Synonyms:

ting; tinkle

Hypernyms ("ting" is a kind of...):

sound (the sudden occurrence of an audible event)

Derivation:

ting (make a light, metallic sound; go 'ting')

ting (cause to make a ting)

• TING (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they ting    ... he / she / it tings   
Past simple: tinged   
Past participle: tinged   
-ing form: tinging   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Cause to make a ting

Classified under:

Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling

Hypernyms (to "ting" is one way to...):

sound (cause to sound)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

ting (a light clear metallic sound as of a small bell)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Make a light, metallic sound; go 'ting'

Classified under:

Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling

Hypernyms (to "ting" is one way to...):

go; sound (make a certain noise or sound)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s

Derivation:

ting (a light clear metallic sound as of a small bell)

 Context examples 

When he raised his face again, I was surprised to see that his cheek was tinged with colour, and his eyes as bright as before his illness.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

When we rose again, I observed Holmes’s eyes were shining and his cheeks tinged with colour.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Uriah's cheeks lost colour, and an unwholesome paleness, still faintly tinged by his pervading red, overspread them.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

Through the sound of the shivering glass I could hear the "ting" of the gold, as some of the sovereigns fell on the flagging.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

His gentleness was never tinged by dogmatism, and his instructions were given with an air of frankness and good nature that banished every idea of pedantry.

(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)

A team of scientists led by Ian Boutle at the University of Exeter have created successful simulations of two possible atmospheres of Proxima B, an exoplanet orbiting Proxima Centauri, one a simple atmosphere of nitrogen tinged with carbon dioxide and another an Earth-like mix of gases.

(Simulations show planet orbiting Proxima Centauri could have liquid water, Wikinews)

His tangled beard, grizzled hair, and outstanding, drooping eyebrows combined to give an air of dignity and power to his appearance, but his face was of an ashen white, while his lips and the corners of his nostrils were tinged with a shade of blue.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

I used to think she had neither complexion nor countenance; but in that soft skin of hers, so frequently tinged with a blush as it was yesterday, there is decided beauty; and from what I observed of her eyes and mouth, I do not despair of their being capable of expression enough when she has anything to express.

(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)

The three glasses were grouped together, all of them tinged with wine, and one of them containing some dregs of beeswing.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Standing on the rug between us, with his slight, tall figure, his sharp features, thoughtful face, and curling hair prematurely tinged with grey, he seemed to represent that not too common type, a nobleman who is in truth noble.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)