ting-a-ling

[ ting-uh-ling ]

/ ˈtɪŋ əˌlɪŋ /

a repeated tinkling sound, as of a telephone bell.

Origin of ting-a-ling

First recorded in 1860–65; imitative rhyming compound

tineid, tinel's sign, tinfoil, ting, ting ling, ting-a-ling, tinge, tingle, tingley, tingly, tinhorn

When she had finished, Ting-a-ling had resolved to assist them, or die in the attempt!

Ting-a-ling |Frank Richard Stockton
From somewhere in the distance came the ting-a-ling of a cow-bell, as the herd wandered slowly home.

A Tale of the Tow-Path |Homer Greene
Ting-a-ling—ling—ling—ling, chirped the bell right in his face.

Little Eve Edgarton |Eleanor Hallowell Abbott
So Ting-a-ling thought that as the King was putting on his war boots, something very great was surely about to happen.

Ting-a-ling |Frank Richard Stockton

While watching all these lively creatures, Ting-a-ling fell asleep, and when he awoke, it was dark night.

Ting-a-ling |Frank Richard Stockton

ting-a-ling

/ (ˈtɪŋəˈlɪŋ) /

the sound of a small bell