RING, RINGING (noise)
ADJECTIVES
► CANOROUS singing, melodious, musical; resonant, ringing → 1646
► TINGLE-TANGLE tinkling or ringing, as bells → 1653
► TINNIENT emitting a clear ringing or tinkling sound; ringing, resonant → 1668 obs.
► TINTINNABULANT ringing or tinkling as a small bell; jingling → 1812
ADVERBS
► ACHIME chiming, ringing → 1860
NOUNS
► TANKLE a ringing noise; a tinkling → 1894
► TANKLING a ringing noise; a tinkling → 1864
► TING a ringing sound, a tinkle; the sound of a small bell or of a clock striking → 1827 Sc.
► TING-A-LING a ringing sound; the sound of a bell or of a clock striking → 1865 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► TINGLE-TANGLE a confused tinkling or ringing, as a number of bells → 1670
► TINK the sound of a small bell; a tinkle, a ring → 1901 Sc.
► TINNIMENT a ringing or tinkling, as metals do → 1656 obs.
► TINTINNABULATION a ringing of a bell; bell-ringing; the sound of music so produced → 1831
► TINTINNATION a ringing like a bell → 1658 obs.
VERBS
► DING to make a heavy, ringing sound → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► JAMBLE to jangle, to jingle, to ring, as bells → 1715 obs.
► TANG to emit a sharp and loud ringing or clanging sound; to ring, to clang → 1686
► TANGLE to give out a quick succession of ringing sounds → c1580 obs.
► TANK to make a ringing noise by striking anything together → 1875 Eng. dial.
► TING to ring, to tinkle, to jingle; to give the sound of a small bell → 1905 Sc. (Bk.)
► TING-TANG to ring with a shrill, high-pitched sound → 1888 Eng. dial.
► TINK to ring, to tinkle → 1889 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► TINNITATE to ring, to give forth a ringing sound → 1866
► TINTINNABULATE to ring, to tinkle → 1906
► TINTINNATE to ring, as a bell; to tinkle → 1623 obs.
► TWINK to make a light clear abrupt ringing sound, to clink, to chink → a1529
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