■ noun a shed where firewood is stored.
■ verb ( ~s , ~ding , ~ded ) [usu. as noun ~ding ] informal (of a musician) practise in private.
↘improvise or harmonize spontaneously.
Phrases
something nasty in the ~ Brit. informal a shocking or distasteful thing that has been kept secret. [from the novel Cold Comfort Farm (1932) by Stella Gibbons.]
take someone to the ~ N. Amer. informal discreetly reprove or punish someone.