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# ting

«ting» in Mova's school dictionary: **a short, high, clear ringing sound, like a small bell or…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (a ting, tings); verb (ting, tings, tinged — rare, tinging)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A ting is a short, high, clear ringing sound, like a small bell or a spoon tapping a glass. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/ting/#m1)

2) To ting is to make that sound. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/ting/#m2)

3) (UK slang, from London and Jamaican speech) Ting means «thing»: «It's a whole ting», «a peng ting». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/ting/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In stories and poems, «ting» is a sound word (onomatopoeia), like the ting of a bicycle bell or a microwave. In UK youth slang, «ting» stands for «thing» and is part of Multicultural London English. Phrases: «ting!», «with a ting», «that's a ting» (slang).

### examples

- The microwave went ting! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/ting/#x1)
- She tapped her glass — ting, ting — to make a speech. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/ting/#x2)
- The bike bell gave a cheerful ting. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/ting/#x3)
- (slang) «That new game is a whole ting, innit.» [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/ting/#x4)
- (slang) «Grab your tings, we're leaving.» [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/ting/#x5)
- A coin fell on the floor with a ting. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/ting/#x6)

### note

Sound word; informal. Slang «ting» = «thing» is very informal and not for written schoolwork. Do not confuse with «tinge» (a slight colour).

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «ting» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/ting/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.