ding

See also Ding, dīng, díng, dǐng, and dìng

English

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA: /dɪŋ/
• Rhymes: -ɪŋ

Etymology 1

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”). Cognate with Icelandic dengja (“to hammer”), Swedish dänga (“to bang, beat”), Danish dænge (“to bang, beat”), German tengeln, dengeln (“to peen”).

Noun

ding (plural dings)

1. (informal) Very minor damage, a small dent or chip.
2. (colloquial) A rejection.

   I just got my first ding letter.

Translations

very minor damage

• Finnish: kolhu (fi), lommo (fi)

Verb

ding (third-person singular simple present dings, present participle dinging, simple past dinged or dang (obsolete), past participle dinged or dung (obsolete))

1. (transitive) To sound, as a bell; to ring; to clang.
2. (transitive) To hit or strike.
3. (transitive) To inflict minor damage upon, especially by hitting or striking.

   If you surf regularly, then you're going to ding your board. — BBC surfing Wales [1]

4. (transitive, colloquial) To fire or reject.

   His top school dinged him last week.

5. (transitive, colloquial) To deduct, as points, from another, in the manner of a penalty.

   My bank dinged me three bucks for using their competitor's ATM.

6. (transitive, golf) To mishit (a golf ball).

Derived terms

• ding up

Translations

to hit or strike

• French: bigner (fr)

to inflict minor damage on

• Finnish: kolhia (fi)
• French: bigner (fr)

• Russian: повреждать (ru) (povreždatʹ)

(colloquial) To deduct, as points

To mishit (a golf ball)

Etymology 2

(onomatopoeia). Compare ding-dong,

Noun

ding (plural dings)

1. A high-pitched sound of a bell, especially with wearisome continuance.

Verb

ding (third-person singular simple present dings, present participle dinging, simple past and past participle dinged)

1. (intransitive) To make high-pitched sound like a bell.
2. (transitive) To keep repeating; impress by reiteration, with reference to the monotonous striking of a bell.
   • 1884, Oswald Crawfurd, English comic dramatists:

     If I'm to have any good, let it come of itself; not keep dinging it, dinging it into one so.

3. (intransitive, colloquial, gaming) To level up

See also

• ding dong

ding with an animal mask

Etymology 3

Romanized from Mandarin 鼎 (dǐng)

Noun

ding (plural dings)

1. Ancient Chinese vessel with legs and a lid; also called ting.

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Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch thing, from Proto-Germanic *þingą. Cognate with Low German Ding, German Ding, West Frisian ding, English thing, Old Norse þing, Danish, Norwegian, and Swedish ting.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɪŋ

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• IPA: [dɪŋ]

Noun

ding n (plural dingen, diminutive dingetje)

1. matter, thing

Derived terms

• dinges
• onding

Descendants

• Afrikaans: ding

Verb

ding

1. first-person singular present indicative of dingen
2. imperative of dingen

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Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA: [dʲɪɲ], [dʲɪɲɟ]

Verb

ding (present analytic dingeann, future analytic dingfidh, verbal noun dingeadh, past participle dingthe)

1. to wedge
2. to make compact
3. to dent

Conjugation

First Conjugation (A)

		singular			plural			autonomous
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative	present	dingim	dingeann tú; dingir†	dingeann sé, sí	dingimid	dingeann sibh	dingeann siad; dingid†	dingtear
	past	dhing mé; dhingeas†	dhing tú; dhingis†	dhing sé, sí	dhingeamar	dhing sibh; dhingeabhair†	dhing siad; dhingeadar†	dingeadh
	future	dingfidh mé; dingfead†	dingfidh tú; dingfir†	dingfidh sé, sí	dingfimid; dingfeam†	dingfidh sibh	dingfidh siad; dingfid†	dingfear
	past habitual	dhinginn	dhingteá	dhingeadh sé, sí	dhingimis	dhingeadh sibh	dhingidís	dhingtí
imperative		dingim	ding	dingeadh sé, sí	dingimis	dingigí	dingidís	dingtear
conditional		dhingfinn	dhingfeá	dhingfeadh sé, sí	dhingfimis	dhingfeadh sibh	dhingfidís	dhingfí
subjunctive	present	dinge mé; dingead†	dinge tú; dingir†	dinge sé, sí	dingimid	dinge sibh	dinge siad; dingid†	dingtear
	past	dinginn	dingteá	dingeadh sé, sí	dingimis	dingeadh sibh	dingidís	dingtí
verbal noun		dingeadh
past participle		dingthe

† Dialect form

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
ding	dhing	nding
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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Mandarin

Romanization

ding

1. Nonstandard spelling of dīng.
2. Nonstandard spelling of díng.
3. Nonstandard spelling of dǐng.
4. Nonstandard spelling of dìng.

Usage notes

English transcriptions of Chinese speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Chinese language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.

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Scots

Etymology

Probably from Old Norse dengja (“to beat, thrash”). Cognate with Swedish dänga, Danish dænge.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /dɪŋ/

Verb

tae ding (third-person singular simple present dings, present participle dingin, simple past dang, past participle dung)

1. to beat, hit, strike
2. to beat, excel, defeat
   • 1817, Walter Scott, Rob Roy, II.3:

     ‘Gude help him!—twa lines o' Davie Lindsay would ding a' he ever clerkit.’