verb (used with object)
- to cause to make a ringing sound.
- to speak about insistently.
verb (used without object)
- to make a ringing sound.
- to talk insistently.
noun
- a ringing sound.
verb (used with object)
- to cause surface damage to; dent: Flying gravel had dinged the car’s fenders.
- to strike with force; hit: The catcher was dinged on the shoulder by a wild throw.
- to blackball: Only one freshman was dinged by the fraternity.
noun
- dent; nick: The surfboard has a few dings in it from scraping over rocks.
noun
- Jay Nor·wood [nawr-woo d] /ˈnɔr wʊd/, Ding, 1876–1962, U.S. political cartoonist.
verb
- to ring or cause to ring, esp with tedious repetition
- (tr) another word for din 1 (def. 2)
noun
- an imitation or representation of the sound of a bell
- Australian informal a party or social event
verb Scot
- to strike; dash down
- to surpass
noun
- a person very much loved: often used as a term of address
- a favouritethe teacher’s darling
adjective (prenominal)
- beloved
- much admired; pleasinga darling hat
noun
- Grace. 1815–42, English national heroine, famous for her rescue (1838) of some shipwrecked sailors with her father, a lighthouse keeper
1819, “to sound as metal when struck,” possibly abstracted from ding-dong, of imitative origin. The meaning “to deal heavy blows” is c.1300, probably from Old Norse dengja “to hammer,” perhaps also imitative. Meaning “dent” is 1960s. Related: Dinged; dinging.
Old English deorling “darling, favorite minion,” double diminutive of deor “dear” (see dear (adj.)). The vowel shift from -e- to -a- (16c.) is usual for -er- followed by a consonant. “It is better to be An olde mans derlyng, than a yong mans werlyng” (1562).