ting

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  1. noun A single light metallic sound, as of a small bell.
  2. intransitive verb To give forth a light metallic sound.

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  1. From Middle English tingen, to cause to ring, of imitative origin.

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  1. Also tink, and freq. tingle, tinkle; from Middle English tingen =Middle Dutch tinghen, tinkle; cf. Middle Dutch tintelen, ring, tinkle, Dutch tintelen, tingle, sparkle, Latin tinnire, tinkle, ring (see tinnient), Late Latin tintinnum, a ringing (see tintinnabulum), Late Latin freq. tinnitare (later F. tinter), ring, tinkle. Cf. chink, clink, ring, etc.; also tang, ding, ding-dong, all ult. imitative words.
  2. from ting, v.
 

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