Ding

7 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Ding \Ding\ (d[i^]ng), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dinged}, {Dang}
     (Obs.), or {Dung} (Obs.); p. pr. & vb. n. {Dinging}.] [OE.
     dingen, dengen; akin to AS. dencgan to knock, Icel. dengja to
     beat, hammer, Sw. d[aum]nga, G. dengeln.]
     1. To dash; to throw violently. [Obs.]
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              To ding the book a coit's distance from him.
                                                    --Milton.
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     2. To cause to sound or ring.
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     {To ding (anything) in one's ears}, to impress one by noisy
        repetition, as if by hammering.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Ding \Ding\, v. i.
     1. To strike; to thump; to pound. [Obs.]
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              Diken, or delven, or dingen upon sheaves. --Piers
                                                    Plowman.
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     2. To sound, as a bell; to ring; to clang.
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              The fretful tinkling of the convent bell evermore
              dinging among the mountain echoes.    --W. Irving.
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     3. To talk with vehemence, importunity, or reiteration; to
        bluster. [Low]
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Ding \Ding\, n.
     A thump or stroke, especially of a bell.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  ding
       v : go `ding dong', like a bell [syn: {dong}, {dingdong}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  71 Moby Thesaurus words for "ding":
     bang, bash, beat, belt, best, better, biff, catch, change ringing,
     chime, chiming, chink, clang, clanging, clangor, clank, clanking,
     clink, clout, crack, din, ding-a-ling, dingdong, dinging, dingle,
     dong, donging, douse, drum, exceed, gong, hammer, hit, jangle,
     jingle, jingle-jangle, jinglejangle, jingling, knell, knelling,
     nail, outdo, outgo, outmatch, outshine, peal, peal ringing,
     pealing, pound, ring, ring changes, ringing, slam, slosh, smack,
     sock, sound, sound a knell, ting, ting-a-ling, tingle, tingling,
     tink, tinkle, tinkling, tinnitus, tintinnabulate, toll, tolling,
     whack, whop
  
  

From Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001) [jargon]:

  ding n.,vi. 1. Synonym for {feep}. Usage: rare among hackers, but more
     common in the {Real World}. 2. `dinged': What happens when someone in
     authority gives you a minor bitching about something, esp. something
     trivial. "I was dinged for having a messy desk."
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:

  ding
       
          1. Synonym for {feep}.  Usage: rare among hackers, but
          commoner in the {Real World}.
       
          2. "dinged": What happens when someone in authority gives you
          a minor bitching about something, especially something
          trivial.  "I was dinged for having a messy desk."
       
          [{Jargon File}]