ZebraWords.com - The Definition of 'Ding', Synonyms of 'Ding' & More on 'Ding'

1. WordNet® 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]

2. 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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3. 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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4. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Ding \Ding\, n.
   A thump or stroke, especially of a bell.
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5. 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.?

6. The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (30 December 2018)

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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Thesaurus Results for Ding:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

bang, bash, beat, belt, best, better, biff, catch, change ringing, chime, chiming, chink, clang, clanging, clangor, clank, clanking, clink, clout, crack, din, ding-a-ling, dingdong, dinging, dingle, dong, donging, douse, drum, exceed, gong, hammer, hit, jangle, jingle, jingle-jangle, jinglejangle, jingling, knell, knelling, nail, outdo, outgo, outmatch, outshine, peal, peal ringing, pealing, pound, ring, ring changes, ringing, slam, slosh, smack, sock, sound, sound a knell, ting, ting-a-ling, tingle, tingling, tink, tinkle, tinkling, tinnitus, tintinnabulate, toll, tolling, whack, whop

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