Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A small dent or nick, as in the body of a car.
- transitive verb To dent or nick.
- transitive verb To hit or strike.
- transitive verb Slang To shoot, especially with a gun.
- intransitive verb To ring; clang.
- intransitive verb To speak persistently and repetitiously.
- intransitive verb To cause to clang, as by striking.
- intransitive verb To instill with constant repetition.
- noun A ringing sound.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To sound, as a bell; ring, especially with wearisome continuance.
- To keep repeating; impress by reiteration: with reference to the monotonous striking of a bell.
- Same as
dang . - noun An obsolete variant of
dung .Comparedingy . - To strike; beat; throw or dash with violence.
- To prove too much for; beat; nonplus.
- To beat; thrash.
- To strike.
- To bluster; storm.
- To descend; fall; come down: used as in the phrase “It's dingin' on,” applied to a fall of rain or snow.
- To be defeated or overturned; yield.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A thump or stroke, especially of a bell.
- transitive verb obsolete To dash; to throw violently.
- transitive verb To cause to sound or ring.
- transitive verb to impress one by noisy repetition, as if by hammering.
- intransitive verb obsolete To strike; to thump; to pound.
- intransitive verb To sound, as a bell; to ring; to clang.
- intransitive verb Low To talk with vehemence, importunity, or reiteration; to bluster.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Ancient Chinese vessel with
legs and alid ; also calledting . - noun informal Very
minor damage , a smalldent orchip . - noun colloquial A
rejection . - verb transitive To sound, as a bell; to ring; to clang.
- verb transitive To
hit orstrike . - verb transitive To
inflict minor damage upon, especially by hitting or striking. - verb transitive, colloquial To
fire orreject . - verb transitive, colloquial To
deduct , as points, from another, in the manner of a penalty. - verb transitive, golf To mishit (a
golf ball). - verb To
eliminate aspeller from aspelling bee byringing (dinging) abell . - noun A high-pitched sound of a bell, especially with wearisome continuance.
- verb intransitive To make high-pitched sound like a bell.
- verb transitive To keep repeating; impress by reiteration, with reference to the monotonous striking of a bell.
- verb intransitive, colloquial, gaming To
level up
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun an impression in a surface (as made by a blow)
- noun a ringing sound
- verb go `ding dong', like a bell
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
Examples
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* Ding ding ding ding* Bloo lites an red lites flashin….
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By a purely electric car and * ding ding ding* you've hit the jackpot.
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_Hey ding a ding_, _Bony lass upon a green_, _My bony on gave me a bek_, _By a bank az I lay_; and _two more_ he hath fair wrapt up in parchment, and bound with a whipcord! "
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A soothsayer, steeped in the art of feng shui, advised the clan to invite a family named Ding to live in their midst; the word ding means "nail," and the Hus needed something to anchor their clan's roots, he said.
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By the way, a savvy worker will claim 8 or more dependents so that the witholding ding is not too big.
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Kelly - Let's just say she had a different definition of the word ding dong thank a choco covered snack cake.
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Kelly - Let's just say she had a different definition of the word ding dong thank a choco covered snack cake.
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Kelly - Let's just say she had a different definition of the word ding dong thank a choco covered snack cake.
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Kelly - Let's just say she had a different definition of the word ding dong thank a choco covered snack cake.
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Kelly - Let's just say she had a different definition of the word ding dong thank a choco covered snack cake.
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