Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • To ring.
  • To ring or jingle.
  • noun A short, sharp ring.

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Examples

  • In Chinese, the three levels are called jing, qi, and shen, and are thought of as anchoring, aligning, and adapting in The Way of The Fertile Soul.

    The Way of the Fertile Soul Randine Lewis 2007

  • She pronounced it carefully for me, and it sounded like a long e followed by the word jing as in jingle bells.

    Twilight Nancy Pickard 1995

  • And every step with that foot brought a light little "jing".

    grouse Diary Entry grouse 2006

  • Someone pointed out what I, too, have been saying at rather than tonewscasters all these years...it's "jing" as in "jingle," not "j" as in the French or other European "j's."

    languagehat.com: BEIZHING. 2005

  • At our institution we have started using both written feedback as well the tutor going over an assignment with voiceover, using a screencapture tool such as jing or screentoaster … Our trainees have had very positive responses to this, firstly because it’s more personalized and, secondly, because they have a sense the human contact – the affect responds instantly and helps the trainee be more receptive to tutor comments.

    P is for Presence « An A-Z of ELT 2010

  • The Ise (Ise-jingū), a Shinto shrine in the forest of sacred Japanese cypress trees that is destroyed every 20 years and replaced by exact duplicate built on the adjacent site comes to mind.

    Alla Kazovsky: Letting Go: "Live-by-Design" Way Alla Kazovsky 2010

  • The Ise (Ise-jingÅ«), a Shinto shrine in the forest of sacred Japanese cypress trees that is destroyed every 20 years and replaced by exact duplicate built on the adjacent site comes to mind.

    Alla Kazovsky: Letting Go: "Live-by-Design" Way Alla Kazovsky 2010

  • The Ise (Ise-jingū), a Shinto shrine in the forest of sacred Japanese cypress trees that is destroyed every 20 years and replaced by exact duplicate built on the adjacent site comes to mind.

    Alla Kazovsky: Letting Go: "Live-by-Design" Way Alla Kazovsky 2010

  • Immersion was given way to rather cutscenes which can be seen in any AAA hollywood movie with all the jing bang lot of special effects, instead of forcing the player to understand the tension of war Guns of the patriots gives us a rather comical absolutely unbelievable version of A. I taking control of all decisions of the human mind ...

    Great Big Bites SVGL 2009

  • Write to Jerry Dicolo at jerry. dicolo@dowjones.com and Jing Yang at jing. yang@dowjones.com

    Oil Nudges $78 on Inventory Data Jerry A. DiColo 2010

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