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   ding

   /dɪŋ/

   noun

   • 1. a mark or dent on the bodywork of a car or other vehicle.
   • ▪ a blow on the head.

   verb

   • 1. dent (something). informal
   • ▪ hit (someone), especially on the head: informal "I dinged him one"
   • ▪ bump into: informal "he dings into doorways like a bearing in a pinball machine"

   Word Origin Middle English: probably of Scandinavian origin; compare with Danish dænge ‘beat, bang’.

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   What does Ding mean?

   • Define ding. ding synonyms, ding pronunciation, ding translation, English dictionary definition of ding. v. dinged , ding·ing , dings v. intr. 1. To ring; clang. 2. To speak persistently and repetitiously. v. tr. 1. To cause to clang, as by striking.

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   What does Ding a Fender mean?

   • 1. to cause surface damage to: to ding a fender. 2. to strike with force; hit. 3. to rebuke; reprimand. n. 4. a dent or scratch; nick. Random House Kernerman Webster's College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc.

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   What is the Great Ding?

   • The great ding is to find out how it works. They are not, and it is just kid- ding ourselves to think they are. The truth is that, in the constituencies, regional managers are going to local authorities and plead-ding poverty because they cannot afford to pay their bills.

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   What does ringing mean?

   • Get a quick, free translation! DING definition: 1. to make a short ringing sound like a bell 2. to damage the surface of something slightly by…. Learn more.

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   Why do we have a Ding-Dong?

   • One of the reasons for having a ding-dong in this place is to try to probe matters carefully. I do not think that we should carry on this ding-dong much longer. I move on to a ding-dong subject, that of bell-pushes and accessories, bells and chimes. Facts are chiels that winna ding. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web.

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   Where does the word Dyngen come from?

   • His top school dinged him last week. From Middle English dingen, dyngen (strong verb), perhaps from the merger of Old English dengan (“ to ding, beat, strike”, weak verb) and Old Norse dengja (“to hammer”, weak verb); both from Proto-Germanic *dangijaną (“to beat, hammer, peen”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰen- (“to beat, push”).

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   The meaning of DING is to make a ringing sound : clang. How to use ding in a sentence.

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   verb (used with object) to cause surface damage to; dent: Flying gravel had dinged the car's fenders. to strike with force; hit: The catcher was dinged on the shoulder by a wild throw. to blackball: Only one freshman was dinged by the fraternity.

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   A small dent or nick, as in the body of a car. tr.v. dinged, ding·ing, dings. 1. To dent or nick. 2. To hit or strike: was dinged on the head by a ball. 3. Slang To shoot, especially with a gun.

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   1. to ring or cause to ring, esp with tedious repetition. 2. (transitive) another word for din 1 (sense 2) noun. 3. an imitation or representation of the sound of a bell. 4. Australian informal. a party or social event.

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   To hit or strike. Was dinged on the head by a ball. American Heritage. More Verb Definitions (8) Synonyms: dingdong. dong. thump. thrust. stroke. ring. dent.