ting

Other forms of ting

plural

tings·

past tense

tinged·

present participle

tinging·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about ting

What does ting mean?

ting means "cause to make a ting". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in ting?

ting has 1 syllable: ting. In IPA it is /ˈtɪŋ/.

What is another word for ting?

Close synonyms include tinkle. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is ting a common word?

ting is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.