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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024ding1 /dɪŋ/USA pronunciation v. - to (cause to) make a ringing sound: [no object]The bell dinged.[~ + object]She dinged the bell.
n. [countable] - a ringing sound:the ding of a bell.
ding2 /dɪŋ/USA pronunciation v. [Informal.][~ + object]- Informal Termsto cause surface damage to:to ding a fender.
- Informal Termsto strike with force;
hit:The batter dinged the ball into left. n. [countable] - Informal Termsa dent or scratch;
nick:a couple of dings on the hood.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024ding1 (ding),USA pronunciation v.t. - to cause to make a ringing sound.
- to speak about insistently.
v.i. - to make a ringing sound.
- to talk insistently.
n. - a ringing sound.
ding2 (ding),USA pronunciation [Informal.]v.t. - Informal Termsto cause surface damage to;
dent:Flying gravel had dinged the car's fenders. - Informal Termsto strike with force;
hit:The catcher was dinged on the shoulder by a wild throw. - Informal Termsto blackball:Only one freshman was dinged by the fraternity.
n. - dent;
nick:The surfboard has a few dings in it from scraping over rocks.
- 1250–1300; Middle English dingen, dengen, probably Old English *dingan; akin to Old English dencgan, Old Norse dengja
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: ding /dɪŋ/ vb - to ring or cause to ring, esp with tedious repetition
- (transitive)
another word for din n - an imitation or representation of the sound of a bell
Etymology: 13th Century: probably of imitative origin, but influenced by din1 + ring²; compare Old Swedish diunga to beat |