[syn: ding, dong, dingdong]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Ding \Ding\ (d[i^]ng), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dinged, Dang
(Obs.), or Dung (Obs.); p. pr. & vb. n. Dinging.] [OE.
dingen, dengen; akin to AS. dencgan to knock, Icel. dengja to
beat, hammer, Sw. d[aum]nga, G. dengeln.]
1. To dash; to throw violently. [Obs.]
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To ding the book a coit's distance from him.
--Milton.
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2. To cause to sound or ring.
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To ding (anything) in one's ears, to impress one by noisy
repetition, as if by hammering.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Ding \Ding\, v. i.
1. To strike; to thump; to pound. [Obs.]
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Diken, or delven, or dingen upon sheaves. --Piers
Plowman.
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2. To sound, as a bell; to ring; to clang.
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The fretful tinkling of the convent bell evermore
dinging among the mountain echoes. --W. Irving.
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3. To talk with vehemence, importunity, or reiteration; to
bluster. [Low]
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Ding \Ding\, n.
A thump or stroke, especially of a bell.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
ding
n 1: a ringing sound
2: an impression in a surface (as made by a blow) [syn: dent,
ding, gouge, nick]
v 1: go `ding dong', like a bell [syn: ding, dong,
dingdong]
The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (19 January 2023):
ding
1. Synonym for feep. Usage: rare among hackers, but
commoner in the Real World.
2. "dinged": What happens when someone in authority gives you
a minor bitching about something, especially something
trivial. "I was dinged for having a messy desk."
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The Jargon File (version 4.4.7, 29 Dec 2003):
ding
n.,vi.
1. Synonym for feep. Usage: rare among hackers, but more common in the
Real World.
2. dinged: What happens when someone in authority gives you a minor
bitching about something, esp. something trivial. “I was dinged for having
a messy desk.”