Dinge

//dɪnd͡ʒ// noun, verb, slang

noun, verb, slang ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Dinginess. uncountable

    "The bathroom is smeared with fingerprints and painted dingy white, not the most flattering light. Jon wouldn’t feel like an artist without a certain amount of dinge around."

  2. 2
    discoloration due to dirtiness wordnet
  3. 3
    A black person. US, countable, dated, slang

    "‘A dinge,’ he said. ‘I just thrown him out. You seen me throw him out?’"

Verb
  1. 1
    to strike, scourge, beat; indent, bruise, knock in
  2. 2
    make dingy wordnet
  3. 3
    to flog, as in penance
  4. 4
    make a dent or impression in wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms
batterbesmirchblackenblotblotchcork

Example

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"The bathroom is smeared with fingerprints and painted dingy white, not the most flattering light. Jon wouldn’t feel like an artist without a certain amount of dinge around."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From dingy.

Etymology 2

From Middle English *dengen, from Old English denġan, denċġan, from Proto-West Germanic *dangijan, from Proto-Germanic *dangijaną (“to beat, hit”).

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