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clink

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kl??k/
  • Rhymes: -??k

Etymology 1

From Middle English clinken, from Old English *clincan (compare clynnan, clynian (to sound; resound)), from Proto-Germanic *klingan? (to sound). Cognates include Middle Dutch klinken and German klingen. Doublet of call.

Perhaps of onomatopoeic origin, as metal against metal.

Noun

clink (plural clinks)

  1. (onomatopoeia) The sound of metal on metal, or glass on glass.
    You could hear the clink of the glasses from the next room.
    • 1874, Marcus Clarke, For the Term of His Natural Life Chapter V
      When Frere had come down, an hour before, the prisoners were all snugly between their blankets. They were not so now; though, at the first clink of the bolts, they would be back again in their old positions, to all appearances sound asleep.
Translations

Verb

clink (third-person singular simple present clinks, present participle clinking, simple past and past participle clinked)

  1. (transitive, intransitive) To make a clinking sound; to make a sound of metal on metal or glass on glass; to strike materials such as metal or glass against one another.
    The hammers clinked on the stone all night.
    • ?, Alfred Tennyson, Mariana
      The broken sheds look'd sad and strange:
      Unlifted was the clinking latch
  2. (humorous, dated) To rhyme.
Translations

Etymology 2

From the Clink prison in Southwark, London, itself presumably named after sound of doors being bolted or chains rattling.

Noun

clink (plural clinks)

  1. (slang) A prison.
    If he keeps doing things like that, he’s sure to end up in the clink.
  2. Stress cracks produced in metal ingots as they cool after being cast.
Synonyms
  • See also Thesaurus:jail

Etymology 3

Verb

clink (third-person singular simple present clinks, present participle clinking, simple past and past participle clinked)

  1. (transitive, Scotland) To clinch; to rivet.

Anagrams

  • Linck

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ting

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /t??/
  • Rhymes: -??

Etymology 1

Onomatopoeic.

Interjection

ting

  1. Used to represent the sound of a small bell.
    • 1839, Charles Dickens, "The Private Theatricals", in Sketches by Boz
      Ting, ting, ting! went the bell again. Everybody sat down; the curtain shook, rose sufficiently high to display several pair of yellow boots paddling about, and there it remained.

Noun

ting (plural tings)

  1. The sound made when a small bell is struck.
Translations

Verb

ting (third-person singular simple present tings, present participle tinging, simple past and past participle tinged)

  1. To make a high sharp sound like a small bell being struck.
Translations

See also

  • ding
  • ding dong
  • tintinnabulation

Etymology 2

From Chinese ? (d?ng).This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Alternative forms

  • ding

Noun

ting (plural tings or tings)

  1. An ancient Chinese vessel with legs and a lid.
  2. The apartment in a Chinese temple where the idol is kept.

Etymology 3

From English thing.

Noun

ting (plural tings)

  1. (Caribbean creoles, MLE) Thing, person.
Derived terms
  • peng ting

Anagrams

  • GTIN, gnit

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse þing n (assembly, council, business), from Proto-Germanic *þing?, cognate with Icelandic þing (assembly, parliament), Swedish, Norwegian Bokmål ting (thing), English thing, Dutch ding, German Ding.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ten??/, [?t?e??]
  • Rhymes: -e?

Noun 1

ting c (singular definite tingen, plural indefinite ting)

  1. thing (an individual object)

Inflection

Derived terms

  • alting (everything)
  • ingenting (nothing)
  • tingslig (regarding things)

Noun 2

ting n (singular definite tinget, plural indefinite ting)

  1. assembly, parliament (a judicial or legislative assembly)

Inflection

Derived terms

  • alting (Icelandic parliament)
  • folketing (parliament) (Folketinget (Danish parliament))
  • landsting (regional parliament) (Landstinget (Greenlandic parliament))
  • på tinge (in parliament)

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse þing (assembly, council, business), from Proto-Germanic *þing?.

Noun

ting n (genitive singular tings, plural ting)

  1. parliament
  2. thing

Declension

Derived terms


Indonesian

Etymology 1

Onomatopoeic.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [?t??]
  • Hyphenation: ting

Noun

ting (first-person possessive tingku, second-person possessive tingmu, third-person possessive tingnya)

  1. The sound made when a small bell is struck.

Etymology 2

From Sinitic ??? (Min Nan teng).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [?t??]
  • Hyphenation: ting

Noun

ting (first-person possessive tingku, second-person possessive tingmu, third-person possessive tingnya)

  1. lantern.
    Synonyms: lentera, tanglung

Further reading

  • “ting” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.

Mandarin

Romanization

ting

  1. Nonstandard spelling of t?ng.
  2. Nonstandard spelling of tíng.
  3. Nonstandard spelling of t?ng.
  4. Nonstandard spelling of tìng.

Usage notes

  • English transcriptions of Mandarin speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.

Nigerian Pidgin

Etymology

From English thing.

Noun

ting

  1. thing

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse þing (assembly, council, business), from Proto-Germanic *þing?.

Noun

ting m (definite singular tingen, indefinite plural ting, definite plural tinga or tingene)

  1. a thing

Derived terms

Noun

ting n (definite singular tinget, indefinite plural ting, definite plural tinga or tingene)

  1. court, assembly

References

  • “ting” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /t???/ (example of pronunciation)

Etymology 1

From Old Norse þing (assembly, council, business), from Proto-Germanic *þing?. Doublet of dings and tingest. Akin to English thing.

Noun

ting m (definite singular tingen, indefinite plural ting, definite plural tinga)

  1. a thing
  2. an issue
Synonyms
  • (an object): gjenstand, greie, sak
  • (an issue): sak
Derived terms
Related terms
  • tinga, tinge

Noun

ting n (definite singular tinget, indefinite plural ting, definite plural tinga)

  1. court, assembly
Derived terms

Noun

ting n (definite singular tinget, indefinite plural ting, definite plural tinga)

  1. a living thing
    Synonym: kvikende
Derived terms
  • armodsting
  • uting

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

ting

  1. imperative of tinga and tinge

References

  • “ting” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Anagrams

  • gint, gnit

Old Tupi

Adjective

ting

  1. white

References

  • NAVARRO, E. A. Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil. São Paulo. Global. 2013.

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish þing, from Old Norse þing (assembly, council, business), from Proto-Germanic *þing?.

Pronunciation

Noun

ting n

  1. a thing, an individual object
    Synonym: sak
  2. a thing, a court of law; a judicial or legislative assembly

Declension

Related terms

See also

  • tinga

References

  • ting in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)

Tok Pisin

Alternative forms

  • tingting

Etymology

From English think.

Verb

ting

  1. think

Westrobothnian

Etymology 1

From Old Norse þing (assembly, council, business), from Proto-Germanic *þing?.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /t?i??/, /t??????/
    Rhymes: -í??

Noun

ting n (definite tingjä)

  1. court session
  2. (indeclinable) thing
Derived terms
  • tingeli
  • tingt

Etymology 2

From Old Norse þinga, from Proto-Germanic *þing?n?. Confer tingt.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /²t?i??/, /²t??????/
    Rhymes: -ì??

Verb

ting (preterite tingä)

  1. to order (goods)

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