ETYM Old Eng. gingelen, ginglen; prob. akin to Eng. chink; cf. also Eng. jangle.
To rattle with a metallic sound; SYN. jinglejangle, jangle.
(Homonym: wring).
(Irregular preterit, past participle: rang, rung).
(Irregular preterit, past participle: ringed).
1. To attach a ring to.
2. To make a ringing sound; SYN. peal.
3. To make ring, as of bells etc.; SYN. knell.
ETYM See Ting (n.).
1. To cause to make a ting.
2. To go.
1. A beating; a rap; a series of raps.
2. The noise produced by beating.
The giving of a ring as a token of engagement.
Nautical term applied to half-hours of watch. A day is divided into seven watches, five of four hours each and two, called dogwatches, of two hours. Each half-hour of each watch is indicated by the striking of a bell, eight bells signaling the end of the watch.