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Ding

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Proper Noun

1
A prefecture of imperial China within present-day Hebei under the Northern Wei, Sui, and Tang dynasties, with its seat at Dingzhou. historical
2
A surname from Mandarin or Eastern Min.
3
A county of Republican China in Hebei Province. historical

Noun

1
Very minor damage caused by being struck; a small dent or chip. informal
"Mike hit the bottom and picked up a little ding on his head."
2
The high-pitched resonant sound of a bell.
3
An ancient Chinese vessel with legs and a lid.
4
An indigenous inhabitant of the New Territories entitled to the building a village house under the Small House Policy. Hong-Kong
5
an Italian person, specifically an Italian Australian Australia, Western, ethnic, offensive, slur

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6
an impression in a surface (as made by a blow) wordnet
7
A rejection. colloquial
"I just got my first ding letter."
8
The act of levelling up. colloquial, especially
9
a ringing sound wordnet

Verb

1
To hit or strike. transitive
2
To make a high-pitched resonant sound like a bell. intransitive
"The fretful tinkling of the convent bell evermore dinging among the mountain echoes."
3
go ‘ding dong’, like a bell wordnet
4
To dash; to throw violently.
"to ding the book a coit's distance from him"
5
To keep repeating; impress by reiteration, with reference to the monotonous striking of a bell. transitive
"If I'm to have any good, let it come of itself; not keep dinging it, dinging it into one so."

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6
To inflict minor damage upon, especially by hitting or striking. transitive
"If you surf regularly, then you're going to ding your board."
7
To level up. colloquial, especially, intransitive
8
To fire or reject. colloquial, transitive
"His top school dinged him last week."
9
To deduct, as points, from (somebody), in the manner of a penalty; to penalize. colloquial, transitive
"My bank dinged me three bucks for using their competitor's ATM."
10
To mishit (a golf ball). transitive
11
To fall heavily and continually, with great force. Scotland
"The night turn'd dark an' dang on rain, […]"

Etymology

Etymology 1

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”).

Etymology 2

Etymology 3

Onomatopoeic. Compare ding-dong,

Etymology 4

Onomatopoeic. Compare ding-dong,

Etymology 5

Romanized from Mandarin 鼎 (dǐng).

Etymology 6

From Cantonese 丁 (ding¹).

Etymology 7

From the pinyin romanization of the Mandarin pronunciation of Chinese 定州 (Dìngzhōu, “Orderly Prefecture”).

Etymology 8

Borrowed from Mandarin 丁 (Dīng) or Eastern Min 陳 /陈 (Dĭng).

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