I. ˈdiŋ verb
( dinged -ŋd ; or dialect dang ˈdaŋ ; dinged or dialect dang ; dinging ; dings )
Etymology: Middle English dingen, from (assumed) Old English dingan (whence Old English dencgan to beat); akin to Old High German tangal hammer, Old Swedish diunga to beat, Old English dynt blow — more at dint
transitive verb
1. dialect : beat , strike , knock
2. dialect : to throw violently : dash , fling , drive
I have been trying to ding you out of my head — Charles Gibbon
3. dialect : to get the better of : surpass , overcome
we'll ding the Campbells yet in their own town — R.L.Stevenson
4. : damn 5
ding my buttons if she ain't more Southern than any of our own gals — A.W.Tourgee
intransitive verb
1. obsolete : to throw or fling oneself violently about : bounce
2. Scotland , of rain : to fall heavily — usually used with on
II. noun
( -s )
dialect : blow , stroke
he give me a ding across the ear — H.E.Bates
III. verb
( -ed/-ing/-s )
Etymology: probably imitative
transitive verb
: to talk, urge, or impress with tiresome repetition — often used in the phrase to ding into the ears ; compare din 2
intransitive verb
: to make a ringing sound : clang
the bell dinging and the engine giving off quiet chuffs like a giant breathing — Helen Eustis
IV. noun
( -s )
: the sound of dinging — often used as part of a song refrain and often reduplicated
when birds do sing, hey ding a ding, ding — Shakespeare
V. transitive verb
: to cause minor surface damage to
VI. noun
: an instance of minor surface damage (as a dent)