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dingn.1

Brit. /dɪŋ/, U.S. /dɪŋ/, Scottish English /dɪŋ/
Forms: late Middle English dyng, 1800s– ding, 1900s deng (English regional (Yorkshire)).
Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: ding v.1
Etymology: < ding v.1 With sense 2 compare earlier dinge n.1 (compare the discussion at dinge v.1).
Chiefly regional or colloquial.
1. Chiefly Scottish and English regional. A forceful blow; a sharp slap, smack, knock, or thump. Also: a forceful push or thrust, a shove (now rare).In later use perhaps influenced by sense 2a.
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the world > movement > impact > striking > [noun] > a stroke or blow
dintc897
swengOE
shutec1000
kill?c1225
swipc1275
stroke1297
dentc1325
touchc1325
knock1377
knalc1380
swapc1384
woundc1384
smitinga1398
lush?a1400
sowa1400
swaipa1400
wapc1400
smita1425
popc1425
rumbelowc1425
hitc1450
clope1481
rimmel1487
blow1488
dinga1500
quartera1500
ruska1500
tucka1500
recounterc1515
palta1522
nolpc1540
swoop1544
push1561
smot1566
veny1578
remnant1580
venue1591
cuff1610
poltc1610
dust1611
tank1686
devel1787
dunching1789
flack1823
swinge1823
looder1825
thrash1840
dolk1861
thresh1863
mace-blow1879
pulsation1891
nosebleeder1921
slosh1936
smackeroo1942
dab-
the world > movement > impact > striking > striking in specific manner > [noun] > striking with pushing action > pushing > a push
piltc1300
thrutchc1400
puta1450
dinga1500
push1613
hunch1630
budge1714
bunt1767
dunch1770
jow1790
thrust1823
poke-up1905
shtup1977
a1500 (c1340) R. Rolle Psalter (Univ. Oxf. 64) (1884) lxxxviii. §32. 324 I sall visyt in wand..and in dyngis [?c1400 Sidney Sussex betynges], that is, in sayre tourmentis.
1676 E. Coles Eng. Dict. Ding,..a blow.
1822 J. Galt Provost xiii. 102 He himself swore an affidavit that he gave her only a ding out of his way.
1885 J. Spilling Daisy Dimple 23 ‘There's a dear good little Daisy,’ he say..trying to put his arm round my waist; but I caught him the sweetest ding o' the chaps.
a1934 ‘L. G. Gibbon’ in Scots Quair (1995) 206 Pytheas and his men planted there corn and built them huts against the sweep and the ding of that ill coast's rains.
1976 Scotsman 24 Dec. (Weekend Suppl.) 1/1 What ye're goin' to have, ma bonnie wee man, is a ding on the ear.
2010 T. Doyle Flying at Edge ii. 20 Grant gave Trevor a good ding on the head.
2.
a. Originally U.S. A depression, hollow, or indentation in a surface, typically one caused by a blow or collision; esp. a minor blemish of this sort, such as a shallow dent, chip, or scratch. Cf. dinge n.1, ding v.1 6a.Originally and frequently used with reference to damage to motor vehicles; later also used in other contexts, esp. surfing (cf. ding kit n. at Compounds).
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the world > space > shape > unevenness > condition or fact of receding > [noun] > action of making indentation > an indentation on a surface
hollowc897
printa1387
impression1398
puncha1430
dent1565
dint1590
dinge1611
doke1615
impressurea1616
depressure1626
depression1665
dawk1678
swage1680
indent1690
sinking1712
dunkle1788
indenture1793
delve1811
subsidation1838
indention1839
recess1839
indentation1847
incavation1852
deepening1859
sink1875
malleation1881
ding1922
1922 Charleston (W. Va.) Daily Mail 16 Feb. 11/6 (advt.) We repair ‘dings’. That's our business to straighten auto fenders and bodys.
1968 W. Warwick Surfriding in N.Z. 17/2 When repairing a ding or damaged area on your board, don't rush.
1992 Sydney Morning Herald (Nexis) 14 Apr. 1 The rear had been rammed, with many dings and a shattered bumper bar.
2016 Beaver County (Pa.) Times (Nexis) 5 May There's more wood than paint visible on Paul Erdman's guitar. Those nicks and dings were earned on the road.
b. A minor injury or wound, such as a bruise, graze, or small cut. Cf. ding v.1 6b.Frequently in sporting contexts.
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1968 C. Kirk & Z. Hanle Surfer's Handbk. xiii. 132 Immediate care of body nicks, dings, stings, burns, and bruises.
1977 Washington Post 26 May g11/2 ‘They're kicking me in the shins,’..[he] complained to referee Dave Fidler, displaying welts and cleat marks on his spindly legs. Some of the dings had been applied by his daughter, Alice.
2000 A. Bourdain Kitchen Confid. (2001) 301 There are some recent scrapes.., a few little dings here and there on the backs on my hands.
c. figurative. A dip, decline, or diminution; a setback, a reversal of fortune. Cf. ding v.1 6c.
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1994 Orange Coast July 61/1 OP's decline at the end of the booming decade put the biggest ding in the industry's sales figures by far.
1999 Amer. Metal Market 17 Dec. 16/2 Although Ford's decision to use light-alloy fenders..is a distinct ‘plus’ for the aluminum industry, it is not expected to produce more than a minor ding in the steel industry's market.
2001 Wireless Week (Nexis) 29 Oct. 3 AT&T Wireless did experience a ding to its balance sheet as a result of its offer to write off the extra minutes used by customers in the affected areas.
2019 N.Z. Herald (Nexis) 11 Nov. (Sport section) b8 The All Blacks have suffered a serious ding to their confidence, and will be without their finest forward.
3.
a. Originally U.S. College slang. An act of rejecting or vetoing a candidate for membership of a fraternity; (now also more generally) a rejection of any sort, esp. one received in response to a job application. Also as a modifier, as in ding letter. Cf. ding v.1 15.
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the mind > language > statement > refusal > [noun] > rejection or non-acceptance
renunciation1418
rejectinga1425
reprobationa1425
rejectiona1464
abjection?1529
refute1535
abdication1552
abnegation1554
abrenunciation1557
recusancy1563
repudy1575
offcasting?1591
rejectment1599
defiancea1616
canvass1621
non-acceptation1622
repudiation1640
disacceptance1642
non-acceptance1647
disowning1656
discard1663
disownment1806
unacceptance1865
ding1949
negging1996
1949 Ladies' Homes Jrnl. Oct. 188/2 A ‘ding’ is a statement by one fraternity member that he does not want a particular boy in the fraternity.
1983 Tennessean 10 June b6/5 The fraternity's seniors have papered their poolroom with their rejection letters, known as ‘dings’.
2011 D. Asher Cracking Hidden Job Market iv. 47 You should count your dings just so you can see progress. Every time you get interviewed..is a success story in a job search, whether you get a job offer or a ding letter.
b. Originally and chiefly U.S. A critical or disapproving comment; spec. a note or record of misconduct, poor performance, etc.; a low or negative rating. Usually with against, on.
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1986 United Press Internat. (Nexis) 12 Apr. The agency is very pressed to get done the things it has to get done..with the funding profiles we have been operating under. That's not a ding against the Congress or the American public.
1999 Hearings on National Def. Authorization Act, H.R. 3616, before Comm. on National Security (U.S. House of Representatives, 105th Congr., 2nd Sess.) 192 When I mentioned earlier about the youth of the reporters today, I didn't mean that as a ding on you folks over there.
2014 C. Elliott How to be World's Smartest Traveler viii. 102 They're threatening..legal action. I'm in the process of buying a house and can't afford a ding on my credit rating.

Compounds

ding kit n. Surfing (more fully ding repair kit) a set of equipment (typically including epoxy resin and sandpaper) used for repairing holes and dents in a surfboard.
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1964 Press-Telegram (Long Beach, Calif.) 26 Mar. (advt.) Surfboard, good condition with car rack... Ding kit free.
1987 Sunday Mail (Queensland) (Nexis) 20 Dec. A fibreglass ding repair kit, $13, (for the board, not you) to guard against any emergency.
2006 T. Gibson Wave-finder Central Amer. 39 A strong leash is important since most of the waves break over rocks and cobblestones. Also, for that reason bring a good ding kit.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2021; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

† dingn.2

Forms: 1500s dinge, 1600s ding.
Origin: Of unknown origin.
Etymology: Origin unknown. Perhaps compare earlier dinger n.1
Obsolete.
A kind of household vessel (precise form and purpose unclear).
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society > occupation and work > equipment > receptacle or container > vessel > [noun] > other vessels
mitOE
utensil1502
dinger1533
ding1595
baikie1629
caddinet1662
Betty1725
conch1839
oxybaphon1850
ampoule1947
polypod1951
1595 Inventory in Archaeologia (1884) 48 131 Imprimis one great dinge for breade iiij s.
1624 in Archaeologia (1884) 48 150 One trunck, one ding, one flagon.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2021).

Dingn.4

Brit. /dɪŋ/, U.S. /dɪŋ/
Forms: 1800s– Ting Brit. /tɪŋ/, U.S. /tɪŋ/, 1900s– Ding.
Origin: From a proper name. Etymon: proper name Ding.
Etymology: < Ding, (formerly) Ting (Chinese Dìng- , Wade-Giles transcription Ting- ), the name of a former prefecture in Hebei province, China, where the pottery kilns were located (compare Dingyao n.). Compare Chinese Dìngcí Ding porcelain, Dìngyáo Ding (porcelain) kiln (see Dingyao n.). Compare Dingyao n.In Chinese, the place name is typically found in combination with another element describing its administrative level, e.g. Dìngzhōu (Wade-Giles transcription Ting-chou), literally ‘Ding prefecture’, the name of the former prefecture (now a county-level city).
I. Compounds.
1. As a modifier. Designating Chinese ceramics of a type produced in the Dingzhou prefecture from the 8th cent. until the 14th cent., typically having a thin, white porcelain (or porcelain-like) body, an ivory-tinted transparent glaze, and often carved or (from the 11th cent.) moulded decoration. Frequently in Ding ware.Ding ware is also called Dingyao (see Dingyao n.). It was first produced under the Tang dynasty and is widely regarded as having reached its peak under the Song dynasty in the 11th cent.
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society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > clay compositions > baked clay > pottery or ceramics > [adjective] > Chinese
Ding1857
Wan-Li1876
Lung-ch'üan1904
Ju1906
Yüeh1910
Henan1914
transitional1945
Lungshanoid1963
1857 J. Marryat Hist. Pottery & Porcelain (ed. 2) ix. 205 An ancient tripod of Ting porcelain, one of the gems of his collection.
1915 R. L. Hobson Chinese Pottery & Porcelain I. iv. 51 Many of the white Ting wares are thin enough to be translucent.
1933 Burlington Mag. June 265/1 The standard Ting ware..is described as a white porcelain, which was either perfectly plain, or decorated with freehand carved designs.
1971 L. A. Boger Dict. World Pottery & Porcelain 343/2 As a rule the Ting bowls had a raw edge, as though placed in the furnace in an inverted position.
2012 S. G. Valenstein in W. Koeppe et al. Decorative Arts R. Lehman Coll. (Metrop. Mus. Art) 300/2 An incised Ding plate with flattened rim and broad base.
II. Simple uses.
2. Chinese ceramics of this type; Ding ware.
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society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > clay compositions > baked clay > pottery or ceramics > [noun] > Chinese pottery
Wan-Li1876
Chün1888
Ding1888
Kuan1888
san ts'ai1901
Yi Hsing1904
Ming1907
Tz'u Chou1910
Yüeh1910
Tao Kuang1927
Lung-shan1961
1888 Jrnl. China Branch Royal Asiatic Soc. 1887 22 171 I have nowhere seen the King-tê-chên produce mentioned by the side of the porcelains called Ch'ai, Ju, Ting..and Chün.
1940 Asia 40 498/1 As porcelain, it is usually superior even to Ting in hardness, fineness and vitreousness.
1972 Collector's Guide June 95 Ju ware, only identified as recently as 1936 by Sir Percival David, is much rarer than Ting.
2000 W. Watson Arts of China, 900–1620 ii. 25/2 The point in the evolution of white ware at which Xing production is replaced wholly by that of Ding cannot be closely defined.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2021; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

dingn.5

Brit. /dɪŋ/, U.S. /dɪŋ/
Inflections: Plural unchanged.
Forms: 1900s– ding, 1900s– ting Brit. /tɪŋ/, U.S. /tɪŋ/.
Origin: A borrowing from Chinese. Etymon: Chinese dĭng.
Etymology: < Chinese dĭng (Wade-Giles transcription ting; already in Old Chinese).
A Chinese vessel or cauldron, esp. of bronze, having three or four legs and two loop-shaped handles; spec. a round vessel of this type with three legs (as distinguished from fangding; see note).Ding were originally made of earthenware and used for cooking food over a fire. Later, bronze (or sometimes ceramic) forms of the vessel were used for making offerings to ancestors or, latterly, for burning incense. Many surviving ancient cast bronze examples are ceremonial, often large and highly decorated, made for members of the elite as symbols of their power and authority, and frequently buried with their owners. Ding for use as incense burners, or which are purely decorative, are still made today in a variety of materials.Vessels of this type which have four legs and a rectangular or square body are often distinguished using the term fangding. Cf. quot. 1985.
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society > occupation and work > equipment > receptacle or container > vessel > [noun] > with handle > specific with handles and legs
ding1904
1904 S. W. Bushell Chinese Art I. iv. 81 The early Buddhist urns were modelled on the shape of peaks of the sacred Sumeru mountains, before the Chinese ting was adopted by Buddhists for burning incense.
1959 G. Savage Antique Collector's Handbk. 40 The ting is a bowl of hemispherical shape with three legs and two upstanding handles.
1973 Genius of China 12/1 In 219 BC the Ch'in emperor tried to recover from a river the nine ting tripods on which the power of the Chou king over his feudal subordinates was said to depend.
1985 Harvard Jrnl. Asiatic Stud. 45 22 The round ding with flat legs..is known as yet only from two find spots in Henan and one site each in Hubei and Jiangxi. Fangding are attested only from Zhengzhou and a single find near Beijing.
2003 National Geographic July 70 (caption) Ding cauldrons were used ritually to prepare food for royal ancestors—and they still have an aura: China hid many of its ding from Japanese invaders during World War II.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2021; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

dingn.6

Brit. /dɪŋ/, U.S. /dɪŋ/
Origin: Formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Etymons: ding-dong n.; dingus n.
Etymology: Shortened < either ding-dong n. (compare ding-dong n. 4) or dingus n. (compare dingus n. 2a). Compare dong n.3
slang (originally and chiefly U.S.).
The penis. Cf. dong n.3, ding-dong n. 4.
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the world > life > the body > sex organs > male sex organs > [noun] > penis
weapona1000
tarsec1000
pintleOE
cock?c1335
pillicock?c1335
yard1379
arrowa1382
looma1400
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instrumentc1405
fidcocka1475
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Roger1689
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handle?1731
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poker1811
dickyc1815
Johnny?1833
organ1833
intromittent apparatus1836
root1846
Johnson1863
Peter1870
John Henry1874
dickc1890
dingusc1890
John Thomasc1890
old fellowc1890
Aaron's rod1891
dingle-dangle1893
middle leg1896
mole1896
pisser1896
micky1898
baby-maker1902
old man1902
pecker1902
pizzle1902
willy1905
ding-dong1906
mickey1909
pencil1916
dingbatc1920
plonkerc1920
Johna1922
whangera1922
knob1922
tube1922
ding1926
pee-pee1927
prong1927
pud1927
hose1928
whang1928
dong1930
putz1934
porkc1935
wiener1935
weenie1939
length1949
tadger1949
winkle1951
dinger1953
winky1954
dork1961
virilia1962
rig1964
wee-wee1964
Percy1965
meat tool1966
chopper1967
schlong1967
swipe1967
chode1968
trouser snake1968
ding-a-ling1969
dipstick1970
tonk1970
noonies1972
salami1977
monkey1978
langer1983
wanker1987
1926 H. W. Odum & G. B. Johnson Negro Workaday Songs x. 175 Wring Jing had a little ding, Ain't goin' to have no lover at all.
1966 Meanjin Q. 25 400 Stan was nicknamed Dinger because he had the biggest ding of the boys.
2019 in twitter.com 8 May (accessed 2 Jan. 2020) This dude has approached me thru message and sent me pictures of his ding.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2021; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

dingn.7

Brit. /dɪŋ/, U.S. /dɪŋ/
Origin: Formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Etymons: dingbat n., ding-dong n., ding-a-ling n.
Etymology: Shortened < either dingbat n. (compare dingbat n. 3a), ding-dong n. (compare ding-dong n. 5), or ding-a-ling n. (compare ding-a-ling n. 2).
slang (originally and chiefly U.S.).
An inept or simple-minded person; a fool, an idiot. Also (chiefly Prison slang): a person regarded as mad or mentally unstable. Cf. ding-a-ling n. 2.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > stupid, foolish, or inadequate person > foolish person, fool > [noun]
dizzyc825
cang?c1225
foolc1225
apec1330
mopc1330
saddle-goosec1346
mis-feelinga1382
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buffardc1430
fopc1440
joppec1440
fonda1450
fondlinga1450
insipienta1513
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bobolynec1540
dizzard1546
Little Witham?1548
nodc1563
dawkin1565
cocknel1566
nigion1570
niddicock1577
nodcock1577
cuckoo1581
Jack with the feather1581
niddipol1582
noddyship?1589
stirkc1590
fonkin1591
Gibraltar1593
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coxcombry1600
simple1600
gowka1605
nup1607
fooliaminy1608
silly ass1608
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dor1616
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Jack Adams1656
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cod1699
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nigmenog1699
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mud1703
dowf1722
foolatum1740
silly billy1749
tommy noddy1774
arsec1785
nincom1800
silly1807
slob1810
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potwalloper1820
mosy1824
amadan1825
gump1825
gype1825
oonchook1825
prawn1845
suck-egg1851
goosey1852
nowmun1854
pelican1856
poppy-show1860
buggerlugs1861
damfool1881
mudhead1882
yob1886
peanut head1891
haggis bag1892
poop1893
gazob1906
mush1906
wump1908
zob1911
gorm1912
goof1916
goofus1916
gubbins1916
dumb cluck1922
twat1922
B.F.1925
goofer1925
bird brain1926
berk1929
Berkeley1929
Berkeley Hunt1929
ding1929
loogan1929
stupido1929
poop-stick1930
nelly1931
droop1932
diddy1933
slappy1937
goof ball1938
get1940
poon1940
tonk1941
clot1942
yuck1943
possum1945
gobdaw1947
momo1953
nig-nog1953
plonker1955
weenie1956
nong-nong1959
Berkshire Hunt1960
balloon1965
doofus1965
dork1965
nana1965
shit-for-brains1966
schmoll1967
tosspot1967
lunchbox1969
doof1971
tonto1973
dorkus1979
motorhead1979
mouth-breather1979
wally1980
wally brain1981
der-brain1983
langer1983
numpty1985
sotong1988
fanny1995
fannybaws2000
the world > health and disease > mental health > mental illness > mentally ill person > [noun] > mad person
woodman1297
madmanc1330
lunatic1377
franticc1380
madwomana1438
March harec1500
Bedlam beggar1525
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Jack o' Bedlam1528
Tom o' Bedlam1569
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Tom1575
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dement1857
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crackpot1883
loony1884
bug1885
psychopath1885
dingbat1887
psychopathic1890
ding-a-ling1899
meshuggener1900
détraqué1902
maddiea1903
nut1908
mental1913
ding1929
lakes1934
wack1938
fruitcake1942
nutty1942
barm-pot1951
nutcake1953
nutter1958
nutcase1959
nut job1959
meshuga1962
nutsy1964
headcase1965
nutball1968
headbanger1973
nutso1975
wacko1977
nut bar1978
mentalist1990
1929 E. Booth Stealing through Life iii. 66 He's an awful harmless ding... He can't steal because he ain't got the guts.
1964 Federal Probation June 52/2 ‘You're a ding, George!’ was heard constantly, ‘You're crazy!’
2016 @catmommymadi 13 Jan. in twitter.com (accessed 21 Jan. 2020) Ok I should have someone proofread my tweets bc my popular ones always have typos and then I feel like a total ding.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2021; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

dingn.8

Brit. /dɪŋ/, U.S. /dɪŋ/, Australian English /dɪŋ/
Origin: Of uncertain origin. Perhaps (i) formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Perhaps (ii) a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Perhaps (iii) formed within English, by conversion. Etymons: dinger n.4, ring n.1 ding n.1
Etymology: Origin uncertain. Perhaps (i) shortened < dinger n.4 (although the etymology of that word is also uncertain), or (ii) an alteration of ring n.1 (compare ring n.1 7q), or (iii) a specific use of ding n.1 (compare ding n.1 2, perhaps with reference to the cleft between the buttocks).Perhaps sometimes associated with ding n.6
slang (originally and chiefly Australian).
A person's buttocks; the bottom, the backside. Also: an animal's rump. Cf. dinger n.4Now chiefly in not to give a rat's ding: to not care at all (cf. not to give a rat's ass (also arse) at rat n.1 Phrases 10).
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the world > animals > animal body > general parts > rump and tail > [noun] > rump
arseeOE
croupc1300
crouponc1400
rumpc1425
rumplec1430
narsea1500
podex1601
poop1611
rump enda1658
breech1710
cushion1710
postabdomen1824
stern1830
bottle1935
dinger1943
ding1957
the world > life > the body > external parts of body > trunk > back > buttock(s) > [noun]
flitcha700
arse-endseOE
culec1220
buttockc1300
tail1303
toutec1305
nagea1325
fundamentc1325
tail-end1377
brawna1382
buma1387
bewschers?a1400
crouponc1400
rumplec1430
lendc1440
nachec1440
luddocka1475
rearwarda1475
croupc1475
rumpc1475
dock1508
hurdies1535
bunc1538
sitting place1545
bottom?c1550
prat1567
nates1581
backside1593
crupper1594
posteriorums1596
catastrophe1600
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posterior1605
seat1607
poop1611
stern1631
cheek1639
breeka1642
doup1653
bumkin1658
bumfiddle1661
assa1672
butt1675
quarter1678
foundation1681
toby1681
bung1691
rear1716
fud1722
moon1756
derrière1774
rass1790
stern-post1810
sit-down1812
hinderland1817
hinderling1817
nancy1819
ultimatum1823
behinda1830
duff?1837
botty1842
rear end1851
latter end1852
hinder?1857
sit1862
sit-me-down1866
stern-works1879
tuchus1886
jacksy-pardy1891
sit-upon1910
can1913
truck-end1913
sitzfleisch1916
B.T.M.1919
fanny1919
bot1922
heinie1922
beam1929
yas yas1929
keister1931
batty1935
bim1935
arse-end1937
twat1937
okole1938
bahookie1939
bohunkus1941
quoit1941
patoot1942
rusty-dusty1942
dinger1943
jacksie1943
zatch1950
ding1957
booty1959
patootie1959
buns1960
wazoo1961
tush1962
1957 ‘N. Culotta’ They're Weird Mob viii. 106 Been sittin' on our dings the last 'alf hour.
1972 G. Morley Jockey rides Honest Race 209 You can get fined or sent to gaol for kicking a cat in the ding.
2014 @Drag0nista 2 Sept. in twitter.com (accessed 2 Jan. 2020) Most workers couldn't give a rat's ding about the super increase being delayed.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2021; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

dingv.1

Brit. /dɪŋ/, U.S. /dɪŋ/, Scottish English /dɪŋ/
Forms: 1. Present stem Middle English denges (3rd singular present indicative), Middle English–1600s dinge, Middle English dyngg- (inflected form), Middle English–1500s dyng, Middle English–1500s dynge, Middle English– ding, 1800s– deng (English regional (Yorkshire and Cheshire)); Scottish pre-1700 dinge, pre-1700 dyng, pre-1700 dynge, pre-1700 1700s– ding, 1800s deng; Irish English (northern) 1900s– deng. 2. Past tense. a. Strong. (i). Originally 1st and 3rd singular indicative.

α. Middle English–1500s dong, Middle English–1500s donge.

β. Middle English–1500s dange, Middle English (1700s–1800s English regional (northern)) dang; Scottish pre-1700 dange, pre-1700 dayng, pre-1700 1700s– dang; N.E.D. (1896) also records a form Middle English dannge.

γ. 1500s–1600s (1700s– English regional (chiefly northern)) dung; Scottish pre-1700 1700s– dung Brit. /dʌŋ/, U.S. /dəŋ/, Scottish English /dʌŋ/; Irish English (northern) 1800s dung.

δ. 1800s deng (English regional (northern)).

(ii). Plural.

α. Middle English dong, Middle English donge, Middle English dongen, late Middle English þonge.

β. Middle English dang, Middle English dange, late Middle English daunge, late Middle English þange.

γ. Middle English dungen, Middle English dungyn (in a late copy).

b. Weak.

α. Middle English dynged (south-western), 1500s dingde, 1500s–1600s dingd, 1500s 1800s– dinged, 1700s (Scottish) 1800s (English regional) dingt.

β. 1500s–1600s danged.

3. Past participle. a. Strong.

α. Middle English dongen, Middle English dongun, Middle English dongyn, Middle English doungen, Middle English doungene, Middle English dungen, Middle English dungyn (in a late copy), Middle English–1500s donge; English regional (chiefly northern) 1700s dungn, 1800s dung, 1800s dungen; Scottish pre-1700 dong, pre-1700 dongin, pre-1700 dongyne, pre-1700 dongyng, pre-1700 doungin, pre-1700 doungyn, pre-1700 doungyne, pre-1700 downg, pre-1700 downgyne, pre-1700 dunge, pre-1700 dungin, pre-1700 dungine, pre-1700 dungyn, pre-1700 dungyne, pre-1700 dvng, pre-1700 dwng, pre-1700 dwngin, pre-1700 dwngyn, pre-1700 1700s–1800s doung, pre-1700 1700s– dung.

β. Scottish pre-1700 dingyn.

γ. Scottish 1800s– dang.

b. Weak Middle English dynged, 1500s–1600s dingd, 1500s– dinged, 1900s– dingit (Scottish), 1900s– dingt (Scottish).
Origin: Either (i) a borrowing from early Scandinavian. Or (ii) perhaps a word inherited from Germanic.
Etymology: Either (i) < early Scandinavian (compare Old Icelandic dengja to hammer, forge, to sharpen (a scythe, originally by hammering), to ask (someone) persistently, Old Swedish dängia to strike, to beat repeatedly, to hammer, forge (Swedish dänga ), Danish dænge to strike, to beat repeatedly (17th cent.), all weak verbs), cognate with Old English dengan (compare dinge v.1) and Middle High German -tengen (in widertengen to strike against (something); compare (with frequentative suffix) tengelen to hammer, to sharpen (a scythe) (German dengeln to sharpen (a scythe))), apparently a causative formation < the Germanic base of a strong Class III verb perhaps reflected by Old Swedish diunger strikes (in an isolated attestation), or (ii) perhaps the reflex of an unattested Old English strong verb *dingan, cognate with the Scandinavian base reflected by Old Swedish diunger; further etymology unknown.If this word was borrowed from an early Scandinavian weak verb, the strong conjugation in English probably developed by analogy with inherited strong verbs of Class III, such as sing v.1 and spring v.1 (for a similar development compare earlier ring v.1). Specific senses. In some later uses (e.g. at senses 6, 9, and 11) apparently partly associated with ding v.2, probably on account of the sound made by striking metal (compare ding int.). With later uses at sense 11 compare ding-dong adv. and ding-dong n. 3. With sense 6a compare earlier dinge v.1 and the discussion at that entry. With sense 13 compare earlier dang v.1 and also dinged adj.2 1.
Now chiefly regional (esp. Scottish) or colloquial.
I. In literal, physical senses.
1.
a. transitive. To beat or strike (someone or something) with a heavy blow or blows; to hit with a resounding impact, either with the fists or with a weapon or other implement. Also: to strike forcefully with a projectile. Now chiefly North American colloquial and British regional (esp. Scottish).
ΘΚΠ
the world > movement > impact > striking > beating or repeated striking > beat [verb (transitive)]
abeatOE
beatc1000
dingc1300
dintc1300
bulka1400
batc1440
hampera1529
pommel1530
lump1546
pummel1548
bebatter1567
filch1567
peal-pelt1582
reverberate1599
vapulate1603
over-labour1632
polt1652
bepat1676
flog1801
quilt1822
meller1862
tund1885
massage1924
the world > movement > impact > striking > striking with specific degree of force > strike with specific degree of force [verb (transitive)] > strike hard or vigorously
dingc1300
knock1377
thwack1533
stoter1690
sock1699
whack1721
slog1824
whither1825
drub1849
thack1861
slug1862
dang1866
whomp1973
c1300 Havelok (Laud) (1868) l. 215 Þe king..ofte dede him sore swinge, And wit hondes smerte dinge.
a1425 (?c1350) Ywain & Gawain (1964) l. 3167 Þe lioun..With his tayl þe erth he dang.
?1566–7 G. Buchanan Opinion Reformation Univ. St. Andros in Vernacular Writings (1892) 11 Nor ȝit sal it be leful to the said pedagogis to ding thair disciples.
1647 H. More Philos. Poems ii. iii. iii. xxv The rider fiercely dings His horse with iron heel.
1785 M. Lonsdale Spanish Rivals (new ed.) 8 Sometimes he dings his own head against a post.
1862 A. Hislop Prov. Scotl. 88 He's sairest dung that's paid wi' his ain wand.
1917 America 20 Oct. 37/2 I dinged him on the brain-box.
2003 T. Gautreaux Clearing (2004) 132 Byron..dragged him into the yard, where he dinged him with the flat of his shovel.
2008 Private Eye 26 Dec. 19/1 Ah've just come frae the Commons! Some scunner's dinged Pa Broon wi' a shoe! It's stickin' oot his head!
b. intransitive. To strike a succession of hard or heavy blows; to beat, knock, hammer, batter. Chiefly with on, at. Chiefly Scottish in later use. Now rare.
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the world > movement > impact > striking > beating or repeated striking > beat [verb (intransitive)] > beat heavily or severely
dingc1300
poundc1390
dinta1500
jackhammer1975
c1300 Havelok (Laud) (1868) l. 2329 Þe gleymen on þe tabour dinge.
a1450 (?a1300) Richard Coer de Lyon (Caius) (1810) l. 5270 Kyng Richard took his ax ful strong, And on the Sarezyn fast he dong.
1615 in R. Pitcairn Criminal Trials Scotl. (1833) III. i. 276 [They] dang at his hall dur with ane garroun.
1828 W. Scott Fair Maid of Perth vii, in Chron. Canongate 2nd Ser. II. 191 That Harry Smith's head was as hard as his stithy, and a haill clan of Highlandmen dinging at him?
2019 E. Morton Hamethochts 66 They [sc. the weemin o Ireland] choose their ridin time an eke Hae grip of cash, Wi law tae back them gin ye ding Wi neive or lash.
†c. transitive. Scottish. To assail or batter (an enemy or location) with artillery; to bombard. Obsolete.
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society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > action of propelling missile > discharge of firearms > management of artillery > operate (artillery) [verb (transitive)] > bombard
ding1548
to lay battery to1548
cannon1567
thunder1590
cannonade1637
bombard1686
bomb1694
shell1827
plonk1874
plaster1914
bump1915
labour1915
water1915
barragea1917
paste1942
stonk1944
1548 in A. I. Cameron Sc. Corr. Mary of Lorraine (1927) 249 All nycht our greit artallȝery lawborit, and has dong the tolbutht.
1622 State Papers Earl of Melrose (1837) II. 458 To ding them so long as they sould be within shot.
d. transitive. colloquial (originally and chiefly U.S.). To hit (a person or thing) with a bullet from a firearm; to shoot.
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society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > action of propelling missile > discharge of firearms > fire (a gun) [verb (transitive)] > shoot (a person or thing) > hit with shot
shoot1662
shot1855
ding1907
1907 Metrop. Mag. Aug. 575/2 I dinged him, but he only laughed, an' rung a bull's-eye on me. You was right about my pea-shooter [sc. a small handgun], Bill.
1968 Canberra Times 31 Jan. 2/4 I was with a buddy of mine..when he got ‘dinged’ right through the head.
2000 J. Klein Running Mate 93 I just dinged her... One shot, very precise. In the middle of the chest.
2.
a. transitive. To strike (something) hard enough to break or destroy it; to smash or destroy comprehensively or completely. Chiefly with a prepositional phrase introduced by in, to, etc., indicating the result or outcome of the action. Chiefly Scottish after Middle English. Also figurative.
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the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > destroy [verb (transitive)]
to bring to noughteOE
forspillc893
fordilghec900
to bring to naughtOE
astryea1200
stroyc1200
forferec1275
misdoa1325
destroyc1330
naught1340
dingc1380
beshenda1400
devoida1400
unshapea1400
to wend downa1400
brittenc1400
unloukc1400
perishc1426
defeat1435
unmake1439
lithc1450
spend1481
kill1530
to shend ofc1540
quade1565
to make away1566
discreate1570
wrake1570
wracka1586
unwork1587
gaster1609
defease1621
unbe1624
uncreate1633
destructa1638
naufragate1648
stifle1725
stramash1788
disannul1794
destructify1841
locust1868
to knock out1944
dick1972
the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > breaking or cracking > break [verb (transitive)] > break to pieces, shatter, or burst
to-breakc888
briteOE
to-shenec950
abreakOE
forgnidea1000
to-brytc1000
to-burstc1000
to-driveOE
shiverc1200
to-shiverc1200
to-reavec1225
shiverc1250
debruise1297
to-crack13..
to-frushc1300
to-sliftc1315
chinec1330
littlec1350
dingc1380
bruisea1382
burst1382
rushc1390
shinderc1390
spald?a1400
brittenc1400
pashc1400
forbruise1413
to break, etc. into sherds1426
shattera1450
truncheon1477
scarboyle1502
shonk1508
to-shattera1513
rash1513
shidera1529
grind1535
infringe1543
dishiver1562
rupture1578
splinter1582
tear1582
disshiver1596
upburst1596
to burst up1601
diminish1607
confract1609
to blow (shiver, smash, tear, etc.) to or into atoms1612
dishatter1615
vanquashc1626
beshiver1647
disfrange1778
smash1778
explode1784
bust1806
spell1811
smithereen1878
shard1900
c1380 Sir Ferumbras (1879) l. 104 [I] wil kuþe on hem my miȝt & dyngen hem al to douste.
a1600 R. Lindsay Hist. & Cron. Scotl. (1899) I. 143 His thie baine was doung in tua witht ane peace of ane misframit gune that brak in the schutting.
1878 J. L. Robertson Poems 184 A pat he dang to shairds.
1894 A. Gordon Northward Ho! 176 Man, Rob wud ha'e dung that into smithereens.
1996 S. Blackhall Wittgenstein's Web 48 The pouer o the Unions hid bin dinged tae smush langsyne.
†b. transitive. to ding to death (also dead) and variants: to strike dead; to kill. Obsolete (chiefly Scottish in later use).
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the world > life > death > killing > kill [verb (transitive)]
swevec725
quelmeOE
slayc893
quelleOE
of-falleOE
ofslayeOE
aquellc950
ayeteeOE
spillc950
beliveOE
to bring (also do) of (one's) life-dayOE
fordoa1000
forfarea1000
asweveOE
drepeOE
forleseOE
martyrOE
to do (also i-do, draw) of lifeOE
bringc1175
off-quellc1175
quenchc1175
forswelta1225
adeadc1225
to bring of daysc1225
to do to deathc1225
to draw (a person) to deathc1225
murder?c1225
aslayc1275
forferec1275
to lay to ground, to earth (Sc. at eird)c1275
martyrc1300
strangle1303
destroya1325
misdoa1325
killc1330
tailc1330
to take the life of (also fro)c1330
enda1340
to kill to (into, unto) death1362
brittena1375
deadc1374
to ding to deathc1380
mortifya1382
perisha1387
to dight to death1393
colea1400
fella1400
kill out (away, down, up)a1400
to slay up or downa1400
swelta1400
voida1400
deliverc1400
starvec1425
jugylc1440
morta1450
to bring to, on, or upon (one's) bierc1480
to put offc1485
to-slaya1500
to make away with1502
to put (a person or thing) to silencec1503
rida1513
to put downa1525
to hang out of the way1528
dispatch?1529
strikea1535
occidea1538
to firk to death, (out) of lifec1540
to fling to deathc1540
extinct1548
to make out of the way1551
to fet offa1556
to cut offc1565
to make away?1566
occise1575
spoil1578
senda1586
to put away1588
exanimate1593
unmortalize1593
speed1594
unlive1594
execute1597
dislive1598
extinguish1598
to lay along1599
to make hence1605
conclude1606
kill off1607
disanimate1609
feeze1609
to smite, stab in, under the fifth rib1611
to kill dead1615
transporta1616
spatch1616
to take off1619
mactate1623
to make meat of1632
to turn up1642
inanimate1647
pop1649
enecate1657
cadaverate1658
expedite1678
to make dog's meat of1679
to make mincemeat of1709
sluice1749
finisha1753
royna1770
still1778
do1780
deaden1807
deathifyc1810
to lay out1829
cool1833
to use up1833
puckeroo1840
to rub out1840
cadaverize1841
to put under the sod1847
suicide1852
outkill1860
to fix1875
to put under1879
corpse1884
stiffen1888
tip1891
to do away with1899
to take out1900
stretch1902
red-light1906
huff1919
to knock rotten1919
skittle1919
liquidate1924
clip1927
to set over1931
creasea1935
ice1941
lose1942
to put to sleep1942
zap1942
hit1955
to take down1967
wax1968
trash1973
ace1975
the world > life > death > killing > killing by specific method > kill [verb (transitive)] > by blow(s)
to beat (also stone, slay, etc.) to deathOE
to swap to (the) death, of livea1375
to ding to deathc1380
to knock on (in) the head (also rarely at head)?1562
settle?1611
to bowl (one) to deatha1616
tomahawk1711
stocking1762
out1899
to knock out1903
c1380 Sir Ferumbras (1879) l. 5557 For al þat þorw his hondes crep To deþe he dyngede hem doun to hep.
c1400 Wit & Will D/13 (MED) Angus..Dinges and diues on-to dede swithe many.
a1450 York Plays (1885) 151 (MED) And biddis þam dynge to dede Alle knave childir.
1616 J. Taylor Seuerall Sieges Ierusalem in Vrania sig. E4 Thou killst the Prophets, and to death didst ding Those that were sent, thee heau'nly grace to bring.
1700 Robert King III Scotl. 8 Thirty thousand were dung to Dead Withouten succor or remeid.
c. transitive. Chiefly Scottish and Irish English (northern). With complement. To bring (a person) into a specified state, esp. suddenly or unexpectedly, by or as if by a physical blow; frequently in to ding (a person) stupid.
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the world > movement > impact > striking > strike [verb (transitive)] > specific animate object > bring into specific condition by
smitea1325
strikea1535
ding1770
1770 A. Belches Let. 27 Feb. in W. Mure Select. Family Papers Caldwell (1854) II. ii. 166 He was in no otherwise hurt than by being dung stupid for a part of that day.
1813 H. Porter Poet. Attempts 36 Is she dung dumb?
1860 W. Murdoch Poems & Songs 140 It dings me gite to hear or see That fairy Mary Perry O.
1912 W. Burnie Poems 98 Dung stupid by lickin' and yellin'.
c2010 A. Muirhead Christ tholed Aa in Kirk's Ear (Electronic text) They drave him out tae ding him deid, Our Maister smeared wi bluid.
3.
a. transitive. To knock or drive (something) suddenly or forcefully in a particular direction; to propel with a blow or push. Frequently with an adverb or prepositional phrase expressing the direction or ultimate destination of the resulting movement: to knock over, drive in, off, etc. Now chiefly U.S. (frequently in sporting contexts).See also to ding down at Phrasal verbs 1, to ding out at Phrasal verbs 3.
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the world > movement > impelling or driving > impel or drive [verb (transitive)] > violently
shoveOE
swengea1225
slata1250
sleata1250
dashc1290
thringa1300
hurlc1305
lashc1330
to ding downc1380
rampenc1390
dinga1400
reelc1400
rash1485
flounce1582
squat1658
ram1718
whang1820
slug1862
slam1870
a1400 Siege Jerusalem (Laud) (1932) l. 676 (MED) Oþer..Kesten at þe kernels & clustred toures, & monye der daies worke dongen to grounde.
a1522 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid (1959) x. v. 154 Manfully..to withstand At the cost syde, and dyng thame of the land.
c1540 J. Bellenden tr. Livy Hist. Rome (1901) I. i. x. 62 The fader..dang ane staik in þe erde.
1612 B. Jonson Alchemist v. v. sig. M2v Sur. Down with the dore. Kas. 'Slight, ding it open. View more context for this quotation
1686 tr. J. Chardin Trav. Persia 67 Wind..which if it be violent dings 'em upon the coast.
1816 W. Scott Old Mortality xv, in Tales of my Landlord 1st Ser. III. 310 You and the whigs hae made a vow to ding King Charles aff the throne.
1878 W. Dickinson Gloss. Words & Phrases Cumberland (ed. 2) 25/1 Aa'll ding him ower, and efter he's dung ower aa'll dang his silly heed off.
1912 D. Runyon Rhymes of Firing Line 148 Get up there an' ding it, an' be sure to ding it a mile!
1979 J. J. Graham Shetland Dict. 17/2 Dunna ding owre da ledder as du gengs oot.
2006 Pioneer Press (St. Paul, Minnesota) (Nexis) 18 May (Sports section) His players aren't just dinging the ball slightly over the fence but driving some pitches more than 200 feet.
b. transitive. To throw (something) violently or with force; to hurl, fling. Now rare (chiefly English regional).
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the world > movement > impelling or driving > projecting through space or throwing > throw [verb (transitive)] > forcibly
ding1614
pitchfork1837
buzz1890
the world > movement > impelling or driving > projecting through space or throwing > throw [verb (transitive)] > violently
dusta1225
stetec1330
swinga1400
whirra1400
wapc1440
whirlc1440
to throw off1551
swash1577
ding1614
bung1825
whither1825
1614 A. Gorges tr. Lucan Pharsalia iii. 106 They chose With armes vnarm'd vpon their foes, Huge stones to ding downe from the walles.
1644 J. Milton Areopagitica 22 Ready..to ding the book a coits distance from him.
1688 E. Taylor Poems (1989) 47 Hells Nymps [sic] with spite their Dog's sticks thereat ding To Dash the Grafft off.
a1825 R. Forby Vocab. E. Anglia (1830) (at cited word) To throw with a quick and hasty motion. Ex. ‘I dung it at him.’
1927 Gippsland (Victoria) Times 10 Jan. 1/6 He had found a dead cat in his taxi-cab. He was about to ding it into the gutter when he caught sight of a policeman.
1948 M. Carbery & E. Grey Herts. Heritage 76 'er dinged the kettle at me.
†4.
a. intransitive. To rush or plunge in a specified direction with great force or momentum; esp. to hurl or throw oneself into battle. Obsolete.
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the world > movement > rate of motion > swiftness > swift movement in specific manner > move swiftly in specific manner [verb (intransitive)] > move with impetuous speed
leapOE
swengec1000
swingOE
throwc1275
hurla1300
dashc1300
fling1300
stetec1330
lance?a1400
slinga1400
whirlc1400
wringc1400
dingc1450
whither1487
chop1555
to cast (also lay) one's heels in one's neck1599
clap1603
precipitate1622
teara1627
toss1727
to keep on at a score1807
whing1882
whirlwind1894
to go off full score1900
careen1923
c1450 (?a1400) Duke Rowland & Sir Otuell (1880) l. 1041 (MED) Fresche folke aftir þam dynge.
c1475 Wisdom (Folger) (1969) l. 777 (MED) Holde me not! let me go ware! I dynge, I dasche! þer, go ther!
c1540 (?a1400) Gest Historiale Destr. Troy (2002) f. 51 Mony derfe þere deghit & dungen to ground.
1627 M. Drayton Moone-calfe in Battaile Agincourt 184 They..driue at him as fast as they could ding.
b. intransitive. figurative. To behave in an exaggerated or overly assertive manner so as to draw attention to oneself; to swagger; to flounce. Chiefly in to huff and ding: to speak and act in a pompous, arrogant, or bombastic way; to bluster (cf. huff v. 4). Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > pride > boasting or boastfulness > blustering or bravado > bluster [verb (intransitive)]
face1440
brace1447
ruffle1484
puff1490
to face (something) out with a card of ten?1499
to face with a card of ten?1499
cock1542
to brave it1549
roist1563
huff1598
swagger1600
ruff1602
tear1602
bouncec1626
to bravade the street1634
brustle1648
hector1661
roister1663
huffle1673
ding1679
fluster1698
bully1733
to bluster like bull-beef1785
swell1795
buck1880
swashbuckle1897
loudmouth1931
1679 T. Oates King's Evid. Justifi'd 19 I expected from the Epitomizer, when he came to Annihilate this Murther, that he should have huff't and ding'd, and fum'd and foam'd, and curs'd and swore, and bann'd, and sunk, and damm'd Himself.
1682 A. Radcliffe Ramble 95 You trail'd a Pike, or some such thing, In Holland, here you huff and ding: And all the Town (forsooth) must ring Of you, Sir.
1707 G. Farquhar Beaux Stratagem iii. 31 I dare not speak in the House, while that Jade Gipsey dings about like a Fury.
1792 ‘C. Chantor’ Mod. Independent Whig iv. 108 Since men in regal confidence, To honesty may lay pretence; Equal to those who huff and ding, Because discarded by the King.
†5. transitive. Scottish. To pierce or puncture (something) by means of a violent stroke; to stab or run through. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > relative position > condition of being open or not closed > making holes or becoming holed > make (an opening or hole) [verb (transitive)] > make an opening or hole in or into > bore, pierce, or perforate > with something sharp-pointed
shearOE
sting993
stickOE
spita1225
wound?c1225
stitchc1230
pitcha1275
threstc1275
forprick1297
steekc1300
piercec1325
rivec1330
dag?a1400
jag?a1400
lancec1400
pickc1400
tamec1400
forpierce1413
punch1440
launch1460
thringc1485
empiercec1487
to-pierce1488
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stob?1530
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inthirlc1580
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prong1848
javelin1859
1529 in J. D. Marwick Extracts Rec. Burgh Edinb. (1871) II. 5 To bring thar caldrone or kettellis to the cros and ding thame throw with ane puncione.
c1540 J. Bellenden tr. H. Boece Hyst. & Cron. Scotl. xv. ix. f. 226/1 He dang hym throw the body with ane swerd afore the alter.
c1540 J. Bellenden tr. H. Boece Hyst. & Cron. Scotl. ix. xxix. f. 131/1 Scho..dang hir self with ane dager to the hert, and fell doun deid.
6.
a. transitive. To make contact with (an object) with sufficient force to dent or cause minor damage to it; to cause (an object, now esp. a motor vehicle or its bodywork) to sustain minor damage; to dent, scratch, mark, etc. (see ding n.1 2a). Cf. to ding up at Phrasal verbs 4.In some contexts it is impossible to be sure whether the form dinged represents this word or dinge v.1; see etymological note at that entry.
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1862 E. F. Moore Rep. Cases Privy Council 15 140 The two..beams were bent down and broken; the support of the cross beam was driven down on the top of the boiler dinging the plate and causing the boiler to leak.
1921 Harley-Davidson Enthusiast Mar. 21/1 If anyone has enough lead in his breeches, and doesn't care about how much he ‘dings’ his machine—then a solo trip to the bottom of the Grand Canyon is well worth while.
1977 J. McPhee Coming into Country (1991) iii. 306 On the day I arrived from upriver, by canoe from Eagle, he cracked up the Citabria. The word the family used was ‘dinged’, He dinged the airplane. Patricia Oakes, down the road, said, ‘pranged’.
2004 P. Cornwell Blow Fly lxxxvii. 332 They drive an expensive car and don't want anyone dinging the doors.
b. transitive. Originally and chiefly North American. Frequently reflexive: to hurt or injure (a person, part of the body, etc.) as a result of a blow or collision. Also in passive: to sustain a (typically minor) injury. Cf. ding n.1 2b.Frequent in sporting contexts.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > injury > injure [verb (transitive)] > injure by striking
smitec1275
hurt1297
blessa1529
ding1918
1918 Sunday Star (Washington D.C.) 14 July 5/2 Capt. Kettle was within an ace of being shot overboard, and, as it was, dinged himself rather shrewdly on the conning tower rail.
1979 T. Wolfe Right Stuff (1980) iii. 45 I sorta..dinged my goddamned ribs... Well, I guess you might say I damned near like..broke a coupla the sonsabitches.
1994 Toronto Star (Nexis) 21 Apr. br7 ‘I pretty well know that my chances of getting dinged are slim but that certainly isn't the case for the others,’ said Sawyers, who recalled one game when he was hit 20 times.
2008 R. F. Augustine Atlatl xxxii. 237 They said you dinged yourself pretty good. What did you do, try to get out before the chopper landed?
2012 Eagles Insider (blog) (Nexis) 7 Oct. You never root for an injury to any player, but it would be almost worth it to see what the Eagles would do if Reynolds gets dinged in this game and has to miss any plays.
c. transitive. Originally and chiefly North American. figurative. To damage, impair, or have a detrimental effect on (something abstract or immaterial). Cf. dent v. Additions b.
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1936 Stanford Daily (Stanford Univ., Calif.) 23 Nov. 4/4 Any attempt to have a universal acceptance of this ex[amination]..has been dinged by the action of California.
1942 ‘J. Lawrence’ & R. E. Lee in Columbia Workshop 12 June (transcribed from radio programme) Trouble every place! I guess I dinged my dad's chances of bein' state assemblyman.
2006 Atlanta (Georgia) Jrnl.-Constit. (Nexis) 18 Oct. Florida is coming off a loss that dinged its national championship hopes.
7. intransitive. With against, into. To collide forcefully with something; to crash or bump into; to strike against.In some instances perhaps coloured by association with ding int.; cf. ding v.2 2a.
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the world > movement > impact > impinge [verb (intransitive)] > forcibly or violently
beatc885
pilta1200
smitec1300
dashc1305
pitchc1325
dushc1400
hitc1400
jouncec1440
hurl1470
swack1488
knock1530
jut1548
squat1587
bump1699
jowl1770
smash1835
lasha1851
ding1874
biff1904
wham1948
slam1973
the world > movement > impact > impinge [verb (intransitive)] > collide
hurtle1340
to strike together1340
thrusta1400
fray1483
concura1522
shock1575
to knock together1641
intershock1650
bulgea1676
collide1700
rencounter1712
clash1715
ding1874
bonk1947
1874 Friends' Intelligencer 20 June 258/2 She flung it [sc. a candlestick] at me with such force that it dinged against the wall.
1906 Audubon (Iowa) County Jrnl. 27 Dec. Bang, thump, some of the load dinged against the east side of the elevator.
1990 T. McEwen McX iv. 144 He wanders up and down... Bumps and dings into posts, doorways, like a bearing in a pinball machine.
2018 @kissbystarlight 19 Dec. in twitter.com (accessed 28 Aug. 2020) I just noticed that someone has dinged into the back of my car and didn't bother to leave a note!
8. transitive. Building. In pointing, brickwork, etc.: to strike (a surface) in order to produce an indented or textured finish. Cf. dinging n.1 2. rare.
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the world > matter > constitution of matter > [verb (transitive)] > impart (a specified) texture to
engrain1593
ding1893
texturize1959
1893 [implied in: A. Beazley Let. to Editor 21 Nov. (O.E.D. Archive) An architect, who showed me the letter containing the word Dinging told me the verb is in living technical use.].
1921 Municipal Jrnl. 13 May 355/2 Walls where faced with Fletton bricks to be lime whitened. In other cases walls to be dinged and whitened.
1994 G. Lynch Brickwork (2015) II. vii. 135 Much less common, method to achieve this finish was ‘dinging’. To ‘ding’ a joint, a length of 16- to 18-gauge wire was used. Pulling the taut wire away from the joint face and then letting go meant that the wire hit the stopping, leaving a groove.
9. transitive. Chiefly U.S. To hammer or beat (the surface of a piece of metal) in order to shape or smooth it; esp. to remove dents or imperfections from (the bodywork of a motor vehicle) by hammering in this way. Cf. dinging n.1 3.
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society > occupation and work > industry > working with specific materials > working with metal > work with metal [verb (transitive)] > forge or shape > in specific way
batterc1380
beat1483
peena1522
hammer1522
malleate1598
extenuate1599
upset1678
planish1688
to set down1703
foliate1704
raise1774
skelp1803
tilt1825
jump1851
cold-hammer1858
stub1869
upend1932
ding1939
coin1940
1939 C. E. Packer Automotive Body & Fender Repairs vi. 37 After dinging the metal as far as the sight or touch will permit, the body worker's file is brought into use.
1951 Pop. Mech. May 196/2 If solder is used, the edges of the strips are dinged with a sheet-metal-worker's hammer.
2018 A. M. Thomas & M. Jund Collision Repair & Refinishing (ed. 3) iii. 96/1 Toe dollies are used for dinging flat surfaces with low crowns.
II. Extended uses.
10.
†a. transitive. Chiefly Scottish. To defeat or overcome (a person, enemy, etc.) by force; to vanquish, rout. Obsolete.
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society > armed hostility > victory > make victorious [verb (transitive)] > conquer or overcome
overcomeeOE
shendc893
awinc1000
overwinOE
overheaveOE
to lay downa1225
mate?c1225
discomfitc1230
win1297
dauntc1300
cumber1303
scomfit1303
fenkc1320
to bear downc1330
confoundc1330
confusec1330
to do, put arrear1330
oversetc1330
vanquishc1330
conquerc1374
overthrowc1375
oppressc1380
outfighta1382
to put downa1382
discomfortc1384
threshc1384
vencuea1400
depressc1400
venque?1402
ding?a1425
cumrayc1425
to put to (also at, unto) the (also one's) worsec1425
to bring or put to (or unto) utterance1430
distrussc1430
supprisec1440
ascomfita1450
to do stress?c1450
victorya1470
to make (win) a conquest1477
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conquest1485
defeat1485
oversailc1485
conques1488
discomfish1488
fulyie1488
distress1489
overpress1489
cravent1490
utter?1533
to give (a person) the overthrow1536
debel1542
convince1548
foil1548
out-war1548
profligate1548
proflige?c1550
expugnate1568
expugn1570
victor1576
dismay1596
damnify1598
triumph1605
convict1607
overman1609
thrash1609
beat1611
debellate1611
import1624
to cut to (or in) pieces1632
maitrise1636
worst1636
forcea1641
outfight1650
outgeneral1767
to cut up1803
smash1813
slosh1890
ream1918
hammer1948
?a1425 (?c1350) Northern Passion (Rawl.) l. 3300 (MED) Ane of vs suld dyng all þat rout.
a1513 W. Dunbar Poems (1998) I. 69 Dungin is the deidly dragon Lucifer.
1596 J. Dalrymple tr. J. Leslie Hist. Scotl. (1888) I. 192 The Pechtes [being] dung and chaste, the Scottis obteinit the first victorie.
1709 in D. Warrand More Culloden Papers (1925) II. 15 Wee scertainly dingt the French not in a fair field but out of the strongest of Trinshis and most advantageus ground that ever ane animie were attacked in.
1916 J. Lang & J. Lang Stories of Border Marches 199 ‘Na, na, Ringan,’ cried his friends, ‘haud sae, man, haud sae. Ye'll be clean dung-ower; ye're ower sair spent to fecht thenow’.
†b. transitive. Chiefly Scottish. To surpass, excel, or prove superior to (a person or thing); to outdo. Obsolete.
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the world > action or operation > prosperity > advancement or progress > outdoing or surpassing > outdo or surpass [verb (transitive)]
overstyeOE
overshinec1175
overgoc1225
passc1225
surmountc1369
forpassc1374
overmatcha1375
overpassa1382
to pass overa1393
overcomec1400
outpass?a1425
exceedc1425
precedec1425
superexcelc1429
transcendc1430
precel?a1439
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overgrowc1475
to come over ——a1479
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vanquish1533
outweigh1534
prevent1540
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preferc1550
outgo1553
surpassa1555
exsuperate1559
cote1566
overtop1567
outrun1575
outstrip1579
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outbid1589
outbrave1589
out-cote1589
top1590
outmatch1593
outvie1594
superate1595
surbravec1600
oversile1608
over-height1611
overstride1614
outdoa1616
outlustrea1616
outpeera1616
outstrikea1616
outrival1622
antecede1624
out-top1624
antecell1625
out-pitch1627
over-merit1629
outblazea1634
surmatch1636
overdoa1640
overact1643
outact1644
worst1646
overspana1657
outsoar1674
outdazzle1691
to cut down1713
ding1724
to cut out1738
cap1821
by-pass1848
overtower1850
pretergress1851
outray1876
outreach1879
cut1884
outperform1937
outrate1955
one-up1963
1724 A. Ramsay Tea-table Misc. (new ed.) I. 42 Auld Springs wad ding the New.
1814 W. Scott Waverley III. xvii*. 273 It dings Balmawhapple out and out. View more context for this quotation
1893 R. L. Stevenson Catriona xvii. 89 We'll ding the Campbells yet in their own town.
c. intransitive with reflexive meaning. Scottish. In the proverbial phrase facts winna ding and variants: facts cannot be overcome or suppressed. Now rare except in allusions to quot. 1786.
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1786 R. Burns Poems 81 But Facts are cheels that winna ding, An' downa be disputed.
1833 Fife Herald 3 Jan. Facts are things that winna ding.
1860 Spiritual Mag. Dec. 558 Facts ‘winna ding’, and though they may first have to run the gauntlet of derision and antagonism, they must in the end be recognised for what they are.
1951 Labour Monthly 33 261 Facts winna ding. Truth prevails. Sooner or later.
d. transitive. Scottish. To oppress or weary (a person); to wear out with suffering, illness, etc.; to exhaust. Chiefly in passive. Frequently with out, over. Now rare.Some examples of the passive dung may instead exemplify a corresponding participial adjective.
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1787 W. Taylor Scots Poems 93 Lang afore that it was night, He was sae dung, That Doctors cou'd na put him right.
1873 Guidman Inglismaill 47 Sae doun he leans, sair dung, upon a dyke.
1928 A. D. Mackie Poems in Two Tongues 18 The fitba's dung me oot, and I'd be best Tae bide jist where I am.
1932 J. M. Barrie Farewell Miss Julie Logan 42 I am too dung ower with tire to be trifling with you.
11. In some instances these senses are perhaps coloured by association with ding v.2; cf. ding n.3 1.
a. transitive. To instil (a lesson or idea) in a person's mind, consciousness, hearing, etc., by constant forceful repetition; to drum into. Also: to repeat (something) at a person so as to instil it in his or her mind. Cf. din v. 3. Now chiefly Scottish and North American.
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the mind > language > statement > state or declare [verb (transitive)] > continuously
ding1555
to din (something) into (some one's) ears1724
dun1775
ding-dong1818
society > education > teaching > instilling ideas > instil ideas [verb (transitive)] > inculcate
inculk1528
whet1528
to beat (a thing) into one's head1533
ding1555
inculcate1559
to beat in1561
lesson1602
screw1602
inconculcate1610
drum1648
instil1660
indoctrinate1800
drill1863
pan1940
1555 Extracts Rec. in W. Chambers Charters Burgh Peebles (1872) 215 He had doung thame in mony mennis heidis ellis.
1563 N. Winȝet Certain Tractates (1890) II. 3 The notable historie..apperis weray mete to be doung in the eris of al faythful catholik.
1773 O. Goldsmith She stoops to Conquer ii. 43 If I'm to have any good, let it come of itself; not to keep dinging it, dinging it into one so.
1853 W. M. Thackeray in W. B. Scoones Four Cent. Eng. Lett. 557 To try and ding into the ears of the great, stupid, virtue-proud English..that there are some folks as good as they in America.
1880 Lippincott's Mag. May 572/1 Jerry's been at me a year to drop tobacco, an' I couldn't... ‘You've got to be clean inside an' out’, he dinged at me.
1947 Winnipeg Tribune 3 Jan. (Final ed.) 8/4 I am afraid you will just have to keep dinging into her ears the importance of being on time and keeping appointments.
1987 S. H. Bell Across Narrow Sea 71 This coming Sabbath I'll ding some sense into the heads of my congregation.
b. intransitive. To speak with tiresome repetition or reiteration, esp. about a particular subject; to dwell on a topic; (also) to keep on at someone about something; to nag. Now chiefly U.S.
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the mind > language > speech > repetition > repeat [verb (intransitive)] > dwell on something
to harp upon, on (of), a, one, the same (etc.) string?1531
to sing the same (or one) song1551
chant1572
ding1582
to go on1863
to keep on1907
riff1952
1582 in D. Calderwood Hist. Kirk Scotl. (1843) III. 658 To ding continuallie in his eares, and to perswade him to thinke his raigne unsure, wanting his mother's benedictioun.
1856 H. B. Stowe Dred I. xx. 262 Aunt Nesbit is always dinging at me about improving my mind!
1881 G. F. Jackson Shropshire Word-bk. Suppl. (at cited word) The Missis 'as bin dingin' at me..about Bessey knittin' the Maister a stockin' in a day.
1936 Oelwein (Iowa) Daily Reg. 27 Jan. 7/6 The M & O Bootery's big, mammoth, gigantic, huge, astounding shoe-sale, which we've been dinging at you about, won't last forever.
1977 Yankee Mag. Jan. 112/2 She took to dinging on how little they had and how would they ever make it through the winter.
†12.
a. transitive. slang (originally cant). To dispose of (something) hastily or quickly; esp. to get rid of (something stolen or incriminating) in order to avoid detection; (occasionally) to pass (evidence, stolen property, etc.) to an accomplice. Also figurative: to stop associating with (a person) suddenly or abruptly; to drop (an acquaintance). Obsolete.
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the world > space > place > removal or displacement > remove or displace [verb (transitive)] > get or be rid of
refusea1387
to be rid of (also on)c1450
beskyfte1470
to be, get shut of, (dialect) shut on?a1500
to claw off1514
get1558
to put away1577
to get rid of1591
quit1606
to get off with1719
ding1753
shoot1805
to stay shet of1837
shuck1848
shunt1858
shake1872
to dust off1938
society > society and the community > social relations > lack of social communication or relations > separation or isolation > separate or isolate [verb (transitive)] > break off association with
dropa1616
to part company1720
ding1819
1753 Discov. J. Poulter (ed. 2) 26 If they napp the Bit, they cry pike; then we go and flisk the Bit, and ding the empty Bit, for Fear it should be found.
1819 J. H. Vaux New Vocab. Flash Lang. in Memoirs II. 166 To ding to your pall, is to convey to him, privately, the property you have just stolen.
1819 J. H. Vaux New Vocab. Flash Lang. in Memoirs II. 166 To ding a person is to drop his acquaintance totally; also to quit his company, or leave him for the time present.
1853 Bathurst (New S. Wales) Free Press 11 June When asked what he purposed doing with it [sc. stolen bacon], he remarked that he was going to ‘ding’ it.
b. transitive with it. Australian slang. To give up on or cease (an undertaking, activity, course of action, etc.). Obsolete.
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the world > action or operation > ceasing > cease from (an action or operation) [verb (transitive)] > abandon or relinquish (an activity or occupation)
remit1587
to give up1589
quit1607
to give off1613
to get out of ——1632
ding1852
to jack up1880
jack1902
to throw in1951
toss in1956
1852 E. Snell Jrnl. 19 July in T. Griffiths Life & Adventures E. Snell (1988) 313 Went to work at my hole but the holes round me turning out shisers I ding'd it and went prospecting.
1899 Eastern Districts Chron. (York, W. Austral.) 23 Dec. 3/4 We agreed to drill a hole to a depth of four feet and it the cement still went down to ding it an try our luck at the Whipstick.
1914 T. C. Wollaston Spirit of Child (ed. 2) Pref. 6 You're making a bee-line for the tomb, old man, and you've got to ding it—do you hear that?
13. transitive. colloquial and regional (chiefly North American in later use). Used as a euphemism for ‘damn’ in mild imprecations, asseverations, etc. Cf. dash v. 11, dinged adj.2 1.
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the mind > language > malediction > oaths > [interjection] > euphemisms for stronger oaths > for 'damn'
darn1781
drat1815
ding1822
nation1825
1822 W. Scott Fortunes of Nigel III. iii. 84 De'il ding your saul, sirrah, canna ye mak haste.
1861 ‘G. Eliot’ Silas Marner xi. 194 Ding me if I remember a sample to match her.
1879 A. W. Tourgée Fool's Errand (1883) 292 Ding my buttons if she ain't more Southern than any of our own gals.
1944 Oelwein (Iowa) Daily Reg. 14 July John F. mumbled, ‘I'll be dinged’.
2009 D. Rubay Liberty's Call xiii. 88 He'd put on such airs, an' was so sharp an' bitin' with his tongue, that when they voted for officers last week, I'll be dinged if they didn't drop him altogether.
14. U.S. colloquial.
a. transitive. To criticize, denigrate, or reproach (a person); to berate. Cf. ding v.2
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the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disrepute > damage to reputation > slander or calumny > slander or calumniate [verb (transitive)]
to say or speak shame of, on, byc950
teleeOE
sayOE
to speak evil (Old English be) ofc1000
belie?c1225
betell?c1225
missayc1225
skandera1300
disclanderc1300
wrenchc1300
bewrayc1330
bite1330
gothele1340
slanderc1340
deprave1362
hinderc1375
backbite1382
blasphemec1386
afamec1390
fame1393
to blow up?a1400
defamea1400
noise1425
to say well (also evil, ill, etc.) of (also by)1445
malignc1450
to speak villainy of1470
infame1483
injury1484
painta1522
malicea1526
denigrate1526
disfamea1533
misreporta1535
sugill?1539
dishonest?c1550
calumniate1554
scandalize1566
ill1577
blaze1579
traduce1581
misspeak1582
blot1583
abuse1592
wronga1596
infamonize1598
vilify1598
injure?a1600
forspeak1601
libel1602
infamize1605
belibel1606
calumnize1606
besquirt1611
colly1615
scandala1616
bedirt1622
soil1641
disfigurea1643
sycophant1642
spatter1645
sugillate1647
bespattera1652
bedung1655
asperse1656
mischieve1656
opprobriatea1657
reflect1661
dehonestate1663
carbonify1792
defamate1810
mouth1810
foul-mouth1822
lynch1836
rot1890
calumny1895
ding1903
bad-talk1938
norate1938
bad-mouth1941
monster1967
1903 Northwestern Reporter 92 349/2 If she wrought such influence over him, whether..by threats to leave him, or by continually dinging and importuning him until he could have no peace of mind or comfort with her, [etc.].
1988 San Diego (Calif.) Union-Tribune (Nexis) 25 Aug. b1 Assembly Speaker Willie Brown didn't miss the chance to ding his nemesis: ‘You don't have to worry,’ he shot out. ‘You don't make real films’.
2019 Z. Ertz Focus & Finish v. 79 They praised my route running,..and my capacity to track the ball in the air. They dinged me for my lack of elite deep speed and my in-line blocking.
b. transitive. To reprimand or censure (a person) for misconduct, poor performance, etc.; to impose a penalty on. Also: to accuse (a person) of a criminal offence; to charge with.
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1974 Calif. State Bar Jrnl. May 234/1 The lawyer..got dinged for telling the judge he didn't know the law and then dinged worse when he came back and apologized by saying that the judge sure did know the law but he wasn't applying it.
1987 A. Wiseman Mem. Bk. Molesting Childhood 188 You..may even add to the number of violations you will be dinged with.
2004 Philadelphia Apr. 90/1 Fumo joined the state Senate in 1978, got dinged for corruption, beat the rap, and has since amassed a reputation as a man not to be trifled with.
2018 A. Davenport Your Score ii. 23 If you have..no mortgage..or other kinds of installment debt, the FICO algorithm will see you as..one-dimensional and ding you accordingly.
15. transitive. Originally U.S. College slang. To reject or veto (a candidate) for membership of a fraternity; (now also more generally) to reject (a person), esp. as an applicant for a job. Also with out.
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1932 Amer. Speech 7 437 [Stanford University] To ‘ding’ a man is to say that you will vote against that person to keep him from becoming a member of the fraternity.
1950 M. Daly Profile of Youth 111 One kid who was dinged out at the first meeting kept pretending he was a pledge.
2010 D. A. Forman Unleavened Truth (e-book, accessed 24 Jan. 2020) The top guy called to tell me I didn't get the job... I hadn't asked about funding and backing... I was dinged not for what I said, but for what I didn't.
16.
a. transitive. U.S. slang. To importune (a person); to beg or pester (someone) for money, food, etc.; (also) to obtain (something) by begging; to cadge, to scrounge. Cf. sting v.1 2e. Now somewhat dated.
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the mind > possession > poverty > mendicancy > beg [verb (transitive)]
beg?c1225
thigc1300
emendicate1611
mang1811
bum1863
schnorr1892
panhandle1894
yegg1916
ding1935
mump-
the mind > possession > poverty > mendicancy > beg [verb (transitive)] > beg a person for something
bum1893
ding1935
ponce1938
1935 N. Ersine Underworld & Prison Slang 32 Ding, to beg money. ‘Charlie dings everybody that he meets.’
1980 in R. A. Bruns Knights of Road 81 Oh, he's counting the ties with a bed on his back Or else he is dinging a ride.
1990 W. O. Mitchell Roses are Difficult Here xi. 121 There was..an older group.., the hobo professionals... These had their own jungle jargon for the people you encountered... City downtown street corners had the dingbats, dinging passersby for the price of a cup of coffee or a night in the scratch-house.
b. transitive. U.S. colloquial. To make (a person, organization, etc.) pay a charge, esp. unfairly or unexpectedly; to extract payment from for something. Frequently in passive. Cf. sting v.1 2f.
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1942 Contact Point (Univ. of Pacific, School of Dentistry) Dec. 177/2 A certain member of the junior class got ‘dinged’ for three dollars for a window.
1972 Amusem. Business 30 Sept. 18/3 Concessionaires pay a flat fee, and are not later dinged for cut-ins.
2002 Wall St. Jrnl. 11 Dec. d2/1 Don't get hit with additional fees that most brokerage firms charge when your balance falls below a certain level. Fidelity dings you $12 annually if your mutual-fund account balance is below $2,000.
2018 Reason Jan. 34/1 Moving bitcoin from wallet to wallet dings you for a small transaction cost.

Phrasal verbs

PV1. to ding down (also †to ding adown)
1. transitive. Chiefly Scottish in later use. To knock, strike, or beat down (a person or thing); to pull down or demolish (a building, structure, etc.). Also figurative.
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the world > movement > impelling or driving > impel or drive [verb (transitive)] > violently
shoveOE
swengea1225
slata1250
sleata1250
dashc1290
thringa1300
hurlc1305
lashc1330
to ding downc1380
rampenc1390
dinga1400
reelc1400
rash1485
flounce1582
squat1658
ram1718
whang1820
slug1862
slam1870
the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > breaking or cracking > break [verb (transitive)] > break down, demolish, or ruin
spillc950
fellOE
to cast downc1230
destroy1297
to turn up?c1335
to throw down1340
to ding downc1380
to break downa1382
subverta1382
underturn1382
to take downc1384
falla1400
to make (a building, etc.) plain (with the earth)a1400
voida1400
brittenc1400
to burst downc1440
to pull downc1450
pluck1481
tumble1487
wreck1510
defacea1513
confound1523
raze1523
arase1530
to beat downc1540
ruinate1548
demolish1560
plane1562
to shovel down1563
race?1567
ruin1585
rape1597
unwall1598
to bluster down16..
raise1603
level1614
debolish1615
unbuilda1616
to make smooth work of1616
slight1640
to knock down1776
squabash1822
collapse1883
to turn over1897
mash1924
rubble1945
to take apart1978
c1380 Sir Ferumbras (1879) l. 3078 Gyoun..doȝtyliche dynged ys foes adoun.
a1400 (?a1350) Seege Troye (Egerton) (1927) l. 752 (MED) Þer was no man..Þat he ne dange hem al adoun.
c1475 (?c1400) Apol. Lollard Doctr. (1842) 71 If I bigge ageyn þe þing þat I ding doun, I mak mesilfe a trespasor.
1613 J. Hayward Liues III. Normans 20 The Duke brandishing his sword..dung downe his enemies on euery side.
1822 Edinb. Mag. & Literary Misc. Aug. 213/1 We've seen the farmers ding down their cottar-houses.
1893 R. L. Stevenson Catriona xxix. 347 I..thought myself a dull stockish character..and very unfit to come into a young maid's life, and perhaps ding down her gaiety.
1938 Aberdeen Press & Jrnl. 20 Apr. 10/2 We cannot all at once ding doon existing institutions till we have acquired better substitutes.
1990 E. McVicar One Singer One Song 80 The Corpie began dinging doon the tenements.
2. intransitive. To fall heavily or violently. Chiefly (now only) Scottish: (of rain, snow, hail, etc.) to fall very heavily or persistently; to pour or beat down (cf. to ding on 2 at Phrasal verbs 2).
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the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > downward motion > falling > fall [verb (intransitive)] > fall steeply or swiftly
of-fallOE
tumblec1330
stoopa1400
plumba1425
rushc1440
to ding downa1500
precipitate1608
plummet1845
nosedive1920
the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > precipitation or atmospheric moisture > [verb (intransitive)] > fall heavily
to ding down1554
to ding onc1650
the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > precipitation or atmospheric moisture > rain > rain falls [verb (intransitive)] > rain heavily
ropec1450
to ding down1554
to come down1597
to ding onc1650
to rain cats and dogs1661
sile1703
pour1737
teem1753
pepper1767
flood1813
to rain pitchforks1815
rash1824
spate1853
bucket1926
tipplea1930
piss1948
a1500 (a1460) Towneley Plays (1994) I. xvi. 185 Greatt dukys downe dyngys For his greatt aw And hym lowtys.
1554 D. Lindsay Dialog Experience & Courteour i. sig. E.iv Frome the Heuin, the rane doun dang Fourty dayis and fourty nychtis.
1602 J. Marston Antonios Reuenge iv. iii. sig. Hv As he headlong topsie turuie dingd downe, He still cri'd Mellida.
?a1799 J. Burness Thrummy Cap (1804) 3 A mighty show'r o' sna' an' drift As ever dang down frae the lift.
1872 People's Jrnl. (Dundee) 15 June 2/3 The rain dings down wi' a fearsome din, And the dark waves growl and roar.
1940 Evening Tel. & Post (Dundee) 10 Apr. 5/5 It disna' maitter a rap aboot the weather, ye jist chauve awa' tho' it's dinging doon.
2006 Sunday Mail (Glasgow) (Nexis) 23 Apr. 3 Just as we decide to go exploring, the rain starts. It is still dinging down at 4pm, so we slope out for a wee look, get soaked and run drookit back to the room.
PV2. to ding on
†1. intransitive. Scottish. To set or fall upon an enemy; to launch a fierce attack. Obsolete.
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society > armed hostility > attack > attack [verb (intransitive)]
to lay ona1225
assailc1325
sailc1330
assemblea1375
to fall inc1384
to fall ona1387
givec1430
brunt1440
to set (all) on sevenc1440
to ding on1487
to fall down1534
offend1540
to go on1553
to give on?1611
to let fly1611
strikea1616
insult1638
to set on1670
aggress1708
to carry the war into the enemy's camp1791
hop over1929
1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) xv. l. 58 The scottis men dang on so fast..As ilk man war A campioun.
1488 (c1478) Hary Actis & Deidis Schir William Wallace (Adv.) (1968–9) xi. l. 401 As wytlace wy, in-to the ost he went Dingand on hard.
2. intransitive. Scottish. Of rain, snow, hail, etc.: to fall very heavily or persistently; to pour or beat down. Cf. to ding down 2 at Phrasal verbs 1.
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the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > precipitation or atmospheric moisture > [verb (intransitive)]
fallOE
shedc1386
to ding onc1650
the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > precipitation or atmospheric moisture > [verb (intransitive)] > fall heavily
to ding down1554
to ding onc1650
the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > precipitation or atmospheric moisture > rain > rain falls [verb (intransitive)] > rain heavily
ropec1450
to ding down1554
to come down1597
to ding onc1650
to rain cats and dogs1661
sile1703
pour1737
teem1753
pepper1767
flood1813
to rain pitchforks1815
rash1824
spate1853
bucket1926
tipplea1930
piss1948
c1650 J. Spalding Memorialls Trubles Scotl. & Eng. (1850) I. 81 Ane cruell weit dynging on nicht and day.
1868 G. MacDonald Robert Falconer I. ii. 16 ‘Is't dingin' on , Robert?’ she asked.
1983 J. Kesson Another Time, Another Place 41 There would be no lifting of the tatties today, nor the morn, not if the rain kept dinging on like this.
PV3. to ding out
1. transitive. To remove (something) by striking or beating; (in extended use) to drive or push out, to expel. Scottish in later use.
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the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going away > causing to go away > command to go away [verb (transitive)] > drive away > an immaterial thing
driveOE
exilea1393
to ding outc1400
banish1460
expela1500
pass1565
divorce1594
abstrude1628
to put by1634
abigate1657
c1400 ( in T. Wright Polit. Poems & Songs (1859) I. 366 (MED) The long gras that semeth grene, Hit is roton..Til the roton be dynged ouȝt, Our lene bestes schul not rouȝt hur liflode to gete.
a1500 (c1340) R. Rolle Comm. on Canticles (Univ. Oxf. 64) in Psalter (1884) 504 He dyngis out the deuyl fra the hertis of his seruauntis.
1639 S. Rutherford Let. 1 Oct. in Joshua Redivivus (1664) 478 That which seemeth to ding out the bottom of your comforts worldly.
1860 W. G. Coutts Games 17 An uglier toothpick ne're was seen, With which to ding oot teeth or een.
1911 Caledonian Sept. 214/2 Indi' sun, Afric's galore, cudna ding oot the memory o' the burn, the hill, the auld hoose!
1973 ‘D. Toulmin’ Straw into Gold i. 32 Unless you looked nippy aboot it ye would never manage tae ding oot this ither lad she had, and..Gertie Troup wad be married before ye got started.
2. transitive. To remove (dents or other imperfections) from the surface of a piece of metal by hammering; to shape or smooth (a piece of metal, esp. the bodywork of a motor vehicle) by beating in this way. See sense 9.
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1925 Jrnl. Soc. Automotive Engineers Aug. 212/2 If waves in the steel are present, they must be carefully dinged out.
1990 Orange County (Calif.) Reg. 29 July k6/2 He talked aloud as he worked. ‘Got to get a new gasket’... Or, ‘Need to ding out this fender.’
2012 @AlexAtlanta22 2 Sept. in twitter.com (accessed 16 Jan. 2020) Hammer Pick: Lightweight. Provides stubby pick point and high-crown peen-type faces. Will ding out small dents.
PV4. to ding up
1. transitive. To cause minor damage to (an object, now esp. a motor vehicle or its bodywork); to dent, scratch, mark, etc. See sense 6a.
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1870 Sydney Mail 5 Feb. 3/2 He..saw a black garibaldi hat, dinged up... It was lying on the floor... It looked like a new hat, although it was much bruised.
1949 Rudder 66 10 Some close corner cutting..put him out front,..until he dinged up his propeller about five miles along the way.
2015 Gas 2.0 (Nexis) 13 July With Remote Parking Pilot, Benz owners can fit their new sedans into increasingly tighter..parking spaces without a fear of denting or dinging up their doors.
2. transitive. To injure (a person, part of the body, etc.).
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1983 P. Kaufman Right Stuff (transcribed from film) A horse threw me..last night and I dinged my goddamn ribs up.
2019 U.S. Official News (Nexis) 18 Feb. The starting outfield is a little bit more of a question... ‘We have a couple kids sick, a couple kids that have been dinged-up,’ Rodriguez said.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2021; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

dingv.2

Brit. /dɪŋ/, U.S. /dɪŋ/
Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: ding int.
Etymology: < ding int. Compare earlier ting v. Compare also earlier ding-dong v. and dong v., and later din v. 4.
†1. intransitive. Of a noise: to resonate or resound like the sound of a bell ringing. Cf. ding n.3 1 and also din v. 4. Obsolete.
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c1792 Songster's Compan. (ed. 6) 161 Now a bride's brisk tittle-tattle, Added to my comrades' jeers, Is the noisy prittle prattle, Always dinging in my ears.
1800 S. T. Coleridge Coll. Lett. (1956) I. 591 At present the Bustle of the Office in which I am writing, dings about me like Tavern Bells.
1871 Daily News 20 Jan. The bellow of the bombardment..has been dinging in our ears.
2.
a. intransitive. To make a metallic, often high-pitched ringing sound, such as that of a bell, or a sound resembling or imitating this. Now frequently with reference to a sound of this type reproduced on an electronic device such as a computer or mobile phone; cf. sense 3.
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the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > resonance or sonority > ringing sound > ring [verb (intransitive)]
ringOE
chimea1340
outringa1425
dong1587
ding-dong1659
tang1686
re-ring1763
ding1820
dinglea1839
bong1855
dingle dongle1858
tinnitate1866
jing1884
gong1903
pring1927
1820 P. B. Shelley Œdipus Tyrannus i. 19 Dinging and singing, From slumber I rung her.
1846 C. Dickens Dombey & Son (1848) ix. 84 Sledge hammers were dinging upon iron all day long.
1882 Zion's Herald 8 Mar. 78/6 Fire bells ringing, sleigh bells dinging.
1985 Globe & Mail (Canada) (Nexis) 21 Nov. In the back room, hidden by piles of blackened kettles, blankets and wooden chopping boards, a microwave dinged discreetly.
2015 Western Daily Press (Nexis) 31 Jan. (News section) 18 Scrabbling around in my bag for a pair of reading glasses every time the phone dings or an email plops is a chore not a pleasure.
b. transitive. To make (a bell, etc.) emit a ringing sound, to ring (a bell). Also: to knock (something) against a surface to make a ringing sound.
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1857 J. Abbott Rollo in Geneva x. 139 There a boy comes around, dinging a bell in every body's ears.
1913 Cincinnati Amer. 23 Dec. 5/5 ‘Three cheers for Miss Polly Randall!’ trumpeted the chief of the fire department... They roared. They dinged the bells on the fire-wagons.
1954 P. Skelton Charm of Hours 101 The trams crossing the bridge dinged their gongs impatiently to try to part the crowds.
2014 C. McDavid Merry Little Wedding v, in C. Cassidy et al. Mistletoe Christmas 169 Gladys dinged her fork against her wineglass, pushed back her chair and stood... ‘Here's to family and friends.’
3. transitive. colloquial. To contact (a person) by electronic text, telephone, social media, etc. Cf. ping v.2 2d.
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1994 rec.music.makers.synth 14 Dec. (Usenet newsgroup, accessed 28 Jan. 2020) Another option would be to buy a kit from an electronics shop... Ding me if you want more info.
1997 C. Newland Scholar (1998) xv. 253 If you see Garvey, give 'im my number too yeah? I gotta doss man, my dad wants to see me, so jus' ding me any time, all right?
2009 @blueplusgreen 24 June in twitter.com (accessed 23 Jan. 2020) Hi Jim... You dinged me at FB... Nice to meet/tweet ya'.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2021; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

dingint.n.3

Brit. /dɪŋ/, U.S. /dɪŋ/
Forms: also reduplicated.
Origin: An imitative or expressive formation.
Etymology: Imitative of the high-pitched sound made by a (small) bell; in sense B. 1 apparently influenced by din n.1 Slightly earlier currency is probably implied by ding-ding n.With use as interjection compare ding-dong int. and ting int. With use as noun compare earlier ding-dong n. and ting n.1 Compare also tink int. and tink n.1
A. int.
Representing a metallic ringing sound, such as that of a bell, or a sound resembling or imitating this (now frequently one reproduced on an electronic device such as a computer or mobile phone). Frequently reduplicated, often with a connective element (as in ding-a-ding), in imitation of a repeated sound of this kind.The exact sound denoted varies but is usually relatively high-pitched and heavier or more resonant than that typically expressed by ting.Frequently (and earliest) in the refrains of songs.
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the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > resonance or sonority > ringing sound > ring [interjection]
ding-dong?1577
ding?1578
society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > sound of instruments > [interjection] > sound of bell
ding-dong?1577
ding?1578
ting-tang1673
tan-tin1721
ding-a-ling1829
?1578 W. Patten Let. Entertainm. Killingwoorth 35 What shoold I rehers heer, what a bunch of ballets & songs all auncient... Hey ding a ding.
a1616 W. Shakespeare As you like It (1623) v. iii. 19 When Birds do sing, hey ding a ding, ding . View more context for this quotation
1801 M. G. Lewis Grim White Woman in Tales of Wonder xxiii ‘Ding-a-ding! ding-a-ding!’ Hark! hark! in the air how the castle-bells ring!
1808 J. Mayne Siller Gun (new ed.) iv. 89 Ding, ding, ding, dang, the bells ring in.
1990 San Diego Union-Tribune (Nexis) 3 Nov. (Auto section) 1 The seatbelt warning signal goes ding, ding, ding like a trash truck backing up.
2015 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 12 July sr3 Smartphone notifications that are impossible to ignore because they cause our phones to light up and go ding.
B. n.3
1. Prolonged loud noise; cacophony; = din n.1 a.
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the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > loudness > [noun] > loud sound or noise
chirma800
dina1000
utas1202
noise?c1225
nurthc1225
dinninga1400
glama1400
glavera1400
reer?a1400
reirdc1400
dunch1440
steveningc1440
rebound1457
bruit?1473
alarm1489
yell1509
gild?a1513
shout?a1513
reveriea1522
routa1522
thundering1560
rumouringc1563
dinrie?1566
rear1567
fray1568
thunder-crack1595
thunder1600
fanfarea1605
fragor1605
clamour1606
thunder-clap1610
obstrepency1623
tonitruation1658
randana1661
clarion1667
leden1674
bluster1724
salvoa1734
ding1750
row1753
tonance1778
dunder1780
chang1788
blare1807
flare1815
detonation1830
trump1848
trumpeting1850
foghorn1875
yammer1932
1750 J. Ray Compl. Hist. Rebellion (rev. ed.) 391 The noisy Ding of the great Falls of Water.
1868 J. Doran Saints & Sinners I. 114 The Puritan pulpits resounded..with the ding of politics.
2002 R. Blumetti Falin Crisis ix. 178 Zincoraco didn't have time to shout and Saraffinok wouldn't have heard him over the ding of battle anyway.
2. A metallic ringing sound, such as that of a bell, or a sound resembling or imitating this (now frequently one reproduced on an electronic device such as a computer or mobile phone). Cf. ping n. 1, ting n.1See note at sense A.
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the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > resonance or sonority > ringing sound > [noun] > ping
ding1837
pinging1854
zing1902
whing1912
the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > resonance or sonority > ringing sound > [noun] > ping > of bullet
ding1837
ping1855
pinge1860
sing1871
1837 Herald (N.Y.) 6 Jan. There was the sharp ding of a bell.
1957 Estherville (Iowa) Daily News 9 Mar. 6/6 At five-thirty the alarm exploded... My arm shot up to depress the little button which would halt this barrage of excessively loud dings.
1981 Christian Sci. Monitor (Nexis) 27 Feb. 15 The fast-paced ding of the safety-belt-warning system could be improved.
2003 CNN.com (Nexis) 27 Mar. The sound of rifle fire..and the dings of bullets on metal created a sobering background.
2015 T. St. Jean Blank 204 A ding comes from my pocket, and I find a new text on my cell.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2021; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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