toing

English

Etymology

Onomatopoeic.

Noun

toing (plural toings)

1. The sound of a metallic vibration; twang.
   • 2003, Robert Hughes, Running with Walker: A Memoir, →ISBN, page 171:

     We became accustomed to the loud toing! of the breaking spring upstairs followed by the ping! of the broken spring hitting the wall.

   • 2008, J. Maarten Troost, Lost on Planet China, →ISBN:

     I'd then found a cavernous restaurant where, beneath a ceiling of lanterns and birdcages, an elderly man plucked at a traditional instrument—toing, toing—while a woman dressed in silk sang old-school Chinese songs.

   • 2013, Melissa Haynes, Learning to Play With a Lion's Testicles: Unexpected Gifts From the Animals of Africa, →ISBN:

     Each time someone pulls a staple out, there's a toing sound that echoes down the wire, followed by a vibration, toing, toing, toing.

See also

• toing and froing

Anagrams

• ingot, tigon