Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- intransitive verb To ring; clang.
- intransitive verb To speak persistently and repetitiously.
- intransitive verb To cause to clang, as by striking.
- intransitive verb To instill with constant repetition.
- noun A ringing sound.
- noun A small dent or nick, as in the body of a car.
- transitive verb To dent or nick.
- transitive verb To hit or strike.
- transitive verb Slang To shoot, especially with a gun.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To sound, as a bell; ring, especially with wearisome continuance.
- To keep repeating; impress by reiteration: with reference to the monotonous striking of a bell.
- Same as
dang . - To strike; beat; throw or dash with violence.
- To prove too much for; beat; nonplus.
- To beat; thrash.
- To strike.
- To bluster; storm.
- To descend; fall; come down: used as in the phrase “It's dingin' on,” applied to a fall of rain or snow.
- To be defeated or overturned; yield.
- noun An obsolete variant of
dung .Comparedingy .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A thump or stroke, especially of a bell.
- intransitive verb obsolete To strike; to thump; to pound.
- intransitive verb To sound, as a bell; to ring; to clang.
- intransitive verb Low To talk with vehemence, importunity, or reiteration; to bluster.
- transitive verb obsolete To dash; to throw violently.
- transitive verb To cause to sound or ring.
- transitive verb to impress one by noisy repetition, as if by hammering.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A high-pitched sound of a bell, especially with wearisome continuance.
- verb intransitive To make high-pitched sound like a bell.
- verb transitive To keep repeating; impress by reiteration, with reference to the monotonous striking of a bell.
- verb intransitive, colloquial, gaming To
level up - noun informal Very
minor damage , a smalldent orchip . - noun colloquial A
rejection . - verb transitive To sound, as a bell; to ring; to clang.
- verb transitive To
hit orstrike . - verb transitive To
inflict minor damage upon, especially by hitting or striking. - verb transitive, colloquial To
fire orreject . - verb transitive, colloquial To
deduct , as points, from another, in the manner of a penalty. - verb transitive, golf To mishit (a
golf ball). - verb To
eliminate aspeller from aspelling bee byringing (dinging) abell . - noun Ancient Chinese vessel with
legs and alid ; also calledting .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun an impression in a surface (as made by a blow)
- noun a ringing sound
- verb go `ding dong', like a bell
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
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Examples
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* Ding ding ding ding* Bloo lites an red lites flashin….
Luv - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008
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By a purely electric car and * ding ding ding* you've hit the jackpot.
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_Hey ding a ding_, _Bony lass upon a green_, _My bony on gave me a bek_, _By a bank az I lay_; and _two more_ he hath fair wrapt up in parchment, and bound with a whipcord! "
Bibliomania; or Book-Madness A Bibliographical Romance Thomas Frognall Dibdin 1811
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A soothsayer, steeped in the art of feng shui, advised the clan to invite a family named Ding to live in their midst; the word ding means "nail," and the Hus needed something to anchor their clan's roots, he said.
China's Family Ties 2007
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By the way, a savvy worker will claim 8 or more dependents so that the witholding ding is not too big.
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Kelly - Let's just say she had a different definition of the word ding dong thank a choco covered snack cake.
More Hip Than Hippie Podcast hip@greenfeet.com 2010
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Kelly - Let's just say she had a different definition of the word ding dong thank a choco covered snack cake.
More Hip Than Hippie Podcast hip@greenfeet.com 2010
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Kelly - Let's just say she had a different definition of the word ding dong thank a choco covered snack cake.
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Kelly - Let's just say she had a different definition of the word ding dong thank a choco covered snack cake.
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Kelly - Let's just say she had a different definition of the word ding dong thank a choco covered snack cake.
zero commented on the word ding
hi friend
the toe plays a very important role to hold a ding in your hand, the best ding for blisters is a product called skin, which you should be able to pick up at a drug store. you put the second skin over the blister than use a couple band aids to keep it in place and you won't even know it's there anymore, skin problem normally occur in the toe so please keep concentrate on it and fat ness will remove
January 9, 2007
johnmperry commented on the word ding
My squeeze uses ding:- for just about any word;
- when she/I/we is/am/are ready for sex (like the sound of the microwave when that's ready);
- (v.) for coition itself;
- (adj. or adv.) anything associated with coition.
July 25, 2008
ruzuzu commented on the word ding
"11. An obsolete variant of dung. Compare dingy." --Cent. Dict.
April 22, 2011