ding

Noun · Verb

WordNet 3.0

Noun (2)

a ringing sound
an impression in a surface (as made by a blow)Synonyms: dent gouge nick

Verb (1)

go `ding dong', like a bellSynonyms: dong dingdong

Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

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.] [1913 Webster]

To ding the book a coit's distance from him.— Milton.[1913 Webster]

2.To cause to sound or ring. [1913 Webster]

To ding (anything) in one's ears, to impress one by noisy repetition, as if by hammering. [1913 Webster]

Ding \Ding\, v. i.

1.To strike; to thump; to pound. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]

Diken, or delven, or dingen upon sheaves.— Piers Plowman.[1913 Webster]

2.To sound, as a bell; to ring; to clang. [1913 Webster]

The fretful tinkling of the convent bell evermore dinging among the mountain echoes.— W. Irving.[1913 Webster]

3.To talk with vehemence, importunity, or reiteration; to bluster. [Low] [1913 Webster]

Ding \Ding\, n. A thump or stroke, especially of a bell. [1913 Webster]

Free On-line Dictionary of Computing

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." [Jargon File]

The Jargon File

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.”