[ding] vb [prob. imit.] vt (1582): to dwell on with tiresome repetition "keeps ~ing it into him that the less he smokes the better --Samuel Butler d.1902" ~ vi 1: to make a ringing sound: clang
2: to speak with tiresome reiteration
[2]ding n [ding (to strike), fr. ME dingen] (ca. 1945): an instance of minor surface damage (as a dent)