a high metallic sound such as that made by a small bell
to make or cause to make such a sound
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ting1
(ting),USA pronunciation v.i., v.t.
n.
ting2 (ting),USA pronunciation n.
Ting (ting),USA pronunciation n.
- to make or cause to make a high, clear, ringing sound.
n.
- a tinging sound.
- 1485–95; imitative; see tang2
ting2 (ting),USA pronunciation n.
- Governmentthing2.
- Danish, Norwegian, Swedish; cognate with Icelandic thing thing2
Ting (ting),USA pronunciation n.
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- a nonstandard variant of
thing 1
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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' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
Baoding
- J particle
- Odelsting
- Paoting
- antisplitting
- attingent
- banteng
- batting average
- batting eye
- batting order
- bed-sitter
- bedwetting
- betting shop
- blotting paper
- circular knitting
- connecting rod
- contingent
- cotton batting
- curve fitting
- cutting board
- cutting edge
- cutting fluid
- cutting garden
- cutting horse
- cutting oil
- cutting room
- cutting stylus
- fence-sitter
- filling knitting
- fire setting
- fitting room
- flat knitting
- gas fitting
- glass cutter
- go-getter
- gypsy setting
- haircut
- herringbone bridging
- knitting needle
- lark bunting
- mosquito netting
- netting knot
- nonclotting
- noncutting
- nonlaminating
- nonsetting
- pacesetter
- paper cutter
- pet sitting
- petting zoo