A light, clear ringing sound, like that made by a small bell or glass when struck.
Onomatopoetic—the word mimics the actual sound it represents. It's been used since the 16th century to imitate the sound of small metallic objects striking each other.
Ting is one of those rare words where the sound of saying it actually matches what it means—linguists call these onomatopoeia, and different languages have different versions (like 'tintín' in Spanish).
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