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ting

[ting]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

verb (used with or without object)

to make or cause to make a high, clear, ringing sound.

noun

a tinging sound.

ting

[ting]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

thing.

Ting

[ting]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

Samuel C(hao) C(hung) born 1936, U.S. physicist: Nobel Prize 1976.

ting

/ ��ɪŋ /

noun

a high metallic sound such as that made by a small bell

verb

to make or cause to make such a sound

Ting

/ ��ɪŋ /

noun

Samuel Chao Chung. born 1936, US physicist, who discovered the J/psi particle independently of Burton Richter, with whom he shared (1976) the Nobel prize for physics

ting

/ ��ɪŋ /

noun

(often capital) a variant spelling of thing 2

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Word History and Origins

Origin of ting¹

1485–95; imitative; tang ²

Origin of ting²

< Danish, Norwegian, Swedish; cognate with Icelandic thing thing ²

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Word History and Origins

Origin of ting¹

C15: of imitative origin

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Terrible tings goen happen if Jar Jar remains nothing more than the most annoying and unnecessary CGI character ever to please George Lucas.

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Bulls***ting is deceiving people about one’s motives — using true or false claims indiscriminately — and is a more accurate description of his routine behavior.

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“I don’t know if the schedule is a good ting or a bad thing,’’ he said.

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S“ex”ting: How you lost your wife.

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Meanwhile, Donald Trump, who has taken credit for the ruling, is privately "sh*ting on" on it, according to Rolling Stone.

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tinfoil ting-a-ling

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