ding

Meaning

Noun

1. (informal) Very minor damage caused by being struck; a small dent or chip.
2. (colloquial) A rejection.

Verb

1. (transitive) To hit or strike.
2. To dash; to throw violently.
3. (transitive) To inflict minor damage upon, especially by hitting or striking.
4. (colloquial, transitive) To fire or reject.
5. (colloquial, transitive) To deduct, as points, from (somebody), in the manner of a penalty; to penalize.
6. (transitive) To mishit (a golf ball).
7. (Scotland) To fall heavily and continually, with great force.

Verb

1. (intransitive) To make a high-pitched resonant sound like a bell.
2. (transitive) To keep repeating; impress by reiteration, with reference to the monotonous striking of a bell.
3. (colloquial, especially, intransitive) To level up.

Synonyms

ring

💍

tinkle

jingle

clink

dent

ting

gouge

dingdong

nick

dong

bing

bud

bash

bump

broccoli

🥦

boom

💥

bar

ashes

herb

🌿

boo

hay

dew

ding-a-ling

kilter

ditch

clang

fir

flower

🌸

funk

gage

blonde

bale

chink

grass

chime

block

grata

greeter

greta

has

Ghana

🇬🇭

hemp

gauge

homegrown

hooch

charge

jointing

kali

gash

gangster

Translations

bigner

corte

amassado

osca

mossa

nachhallen

mitschwingen

κωδώνισμα

résonner

retentir

💍

tache

risuonare

Pronounced as (IPA)

/di(ː)ŋ/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: dingen

Inherited from Old English: *dingan

Cognate with Old English: denġan

Cognate with Old Norse: dengja

Cognate with Icelandic: dengja

Cognate with Swedish: dänga

Cognate with Danish: dænge

Cognate with German: tengeln

In summary

From Middle English dingen, dyngen (strong verb), from Old English *dingan (“to ding”), from Proto-West Germanic *dingwan, from Proto-Germanic *dingwaną (“to beat”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰen- (“to beat, push”).
Related to Old English denġan, denċġan (“to ding, knock, beat, strike”, weak verb) and Old Norse dengja (“to hammer”, weak verb); both from Proto-Germanic *dangijaną (“to beat, hammer, peen”), causative of *dingwaną.
Cognate with Icelandic dengja (“to hammer”), Swedish dänga (“to bang, beat”), Danish dænge (“to bang, beat”), German tengeln, dengeln (“to peen”).