ding

See also: Ding, díng, dìng, dīng, dǐng, and dìŋ

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English

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /dɪŋ/
• Rhymes: -ɪŋ

Etymology 1

From Middle English dingen, dyngen (strong verb), from Old English *dingan (“to ding”), from Proto-Germanic *dingwaną (“to beat”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰen- (“to beat, push”). Related to Old English dengan (“to ding, 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”).

Noun

ding (plural dings)

1. (informal) Very minor damage, a small dent or chip.
   • 2007 September, “Ding Repairs”, BBC Wales, archived on 5 October 2014:

     If you surf regularly, then you're going to ding your board. Here's a rough guide on how to repair them... If the ding is on the rail, run tape across the ding conforming to the rail curve, leaving a gap to pour in resin and make sure it is sealed to prevent resin escaping and forming dribbles.

2. (colloquial) A rejection.

   I just got my first ding letter.

Translations

very minor damage

• Finnish: kolhu (fi), lommo (fi)

• Spanish: raspadura f, raspón m

Verb

ding (third-person singular simple present dings, present participle dinging, simple past dinged or (obsolete) dang, past participle dinged or (obsolete) dung)

1. (transitive) To hit or strike.
2. To dash; to throw violently.
   • Milton

     to ding the book a coit's distance from him

3. (transitive) To inflict minor damage upon, especially by hitting or striking.
   • 2007 September, “Ding Repairs”, BBC Wales, archived on 5 October 2014:

     If you surf regularly, then you're going to ding your board.

4. (transitive, colloquial) To fire or reject.

   His top school dinged him last week.

5. (transitive, colloquial) To deduct, as points, from another, in the manner of a penalty; to penalize.

   My bank dinged me three bucks for using their competitor's ATM.

   • 2015 August 7, Ron Lieber, “Bringing paternity leave into the mainstream [print version: Paid leave expands for fathers, but will there be any takers?, International New York Times, 10 August 2015, p. 14]”, in The New York Times‎^[1]:

     […] [E]mployees don't feel like they're going to get dinged on performance reviews because they had the same goals as a guy who had been there all 12 months with no leave.

6. (transitive, golf) To mishit (a golf ball).

Derived terms

• ding up

Translations

to hit or strike

• French: bigner (fr)

• Russian: стукнуть (ru) pf (stuknutʹ)

to inflict minor damage on

• Finnish: kolhia (fi)
• French: bigner (fr)

• Russian: повреждать (ru) (povreždatʹ)

(colloquial) To deduct, as points

• Russian: штрафовать (ru) impf (štrafovatʹ)

To mishit (a golf ball)

See also

• dingbat

Etymology 2

Onomatopoeic. Compare ding-dong,

Noun

ding (plural dings)

1. The high-pitched resonant sound of a bell.
2. (colloquial, role-playing games, especially video games) The act of levelling up.

Translations

high-pitched sound of a bell

• Russian: дзынь (dzynʹ)

Verb

ding (third-person singular simple present dings, present participle dinging, simple past and past participle dinged)

1. (intransitive) To make high-pitched sound like a bell.
   • Washington Irving

     The fretful tinkling of the convent bell evermore dinging among the mountain echoes.

2. (transitive) To keep repeating; impress by reiteration, with reference to the monotonous striking of a bell.
   • 1884, Oswald Crawfurd, English comic dramatists:

     If I'm to have any good, let it come of itself; not keep dinging it, dinging it into one so.

3. (intransitive, colloquial, role-playing games, especially video games) To level up.

See also

• ding dong
• ding, ding, ding, we have a winner

ding with an animal mask

Etymology 3

Romanized from Mandarin 鼎 (dǐng).

Alternative forms

• ting

Noun

ding (plural dings or ding)

1. An ancient Chinese vessel with legs and a lid.

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Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch ding, from Old Dutch thing, from Proto-Germanic *þingą.

Noun

ding (plural dinge)

1. thing
   • 2016, “Dinge Raak Warm”, in Sal Jy Met My Dans?‎^[2] (in Afrikaans), South Africa, performed by Kurt Darren:

     Dinge raak warm, warm.

     Things touch warm, warm.

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɪŋ/
• Rhymes: -ɪŋ

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Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch dinc, from Old Dutch thing, from Proto-Germanic *þingą.

Noun

ding n (plural dingen, diminutive dingetje n)

1. matter, thing

Derived terms

• dinges
• onding

Descendants

• Afrikaans: ding
  • English: dingus

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

ding

1. first-person singular present indicative of dingen
2. imperative of dingen

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Irish

ding

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dʲɪɲ/, /dʲɪɲɟ/

Etymology 1

From Old Irish ding (“wedge”).

Noun

ding f (genitive singular dinge, nominative plural dingeacha)

1. wedge
2. thickset person

Declension

Declension of ding

Second declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative ding dingeacha Vocative a dhing a dhingeacha Genitive dinge dingeacha Dative ding dingeacha

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an ding na dingeacha Genitive na dinge na ndingeacha Dative leis an ding don ding leis na dingeacha

Synonyms

• (both senses): ginn (Cois Fharraige)

Derived terms

• dingchruthach (“wedge-shaped, cuneiform”, adjective)
• dingeach (“wedge(-shaped)”, adjective)
• dingeán m (“dike”)
• dingín m (diminutive of ding)

Etymology 2

From Old Irish dingid (“press, force”), from Proto-Celtic *dingeti (“knead, form, press”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰinéǵʰti, nasal infix present of *dʰeyǵʰ- (“to knead, form”).

Verb

ding (present analytic dingeann, future analytic dingfidh, verbal noun dingeadh, past participle dingthe)

1. (transitive) wedge; pack tightly, stuff
2. (transitive) make compact; knit, knead

Conjugation

First Conjugation (A)

		singular			plural			relative	autonomous
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative	present	dingim	dingeann tú; dingir†	dingeann sé, sí	dingimid	dingeann sibh	dingeann siad; dingid†	a dhingeann; a dhingeas / a ndingeann*; a ndingeas*	dingtear
	past	dhing mé; dhingeas	dhing tú; dhingis	dhing sé, sí	dhingeamar; dhing muid	dhing sibh; dhingeabhair	dhing siad; dhingeadar	a dhing / ar dhing*	dingeadh
	past habitual	dhinginn	dhingteá	dhingeadh sé, sí	dhingimis; dhingeadh muid	dhingeadh sibh	dhingidís; dhingeadh siad	a dhingeadh / ar dhingeadh*	dhingtí
	future	dingfidh mé; dingfead	dingfidh tú; dingfir†	dingfidh sé, sí	dingfimid; dingfidh muid	dingfidh sibh	dingfidh siad; dingfid†	a dhingfidh; a dhingfeas / a ndingfidh*; a ndingfeas*	dingfear
conditional		dhingfinn / ndingfinn‡‡	dhingfeá / ndingfeᇇ	dhingfeadh sé, sí / ndingfeadh sé, s퇇	dhingfimis; dhingfeadh muid / ndingfimis‡‡; ndingfeadh muid‡‡	dhingfeadh sibh / ndingfeadh sibh‡‡	dhingfidís; dhingfeadh siad / ndingfidís‡‡; ndingfeadh siad‡‡	a dhingfeadh / ar dhingfeadh*	dhingfí / ndingf퇇
subjunctive	present	go ndinge mé; go ndingead†	go ndinge tú; go ndingir†	go ndinge sé, sí	go ndingimid; go ndinge muid	go ndinge sibh	go ndinge siad; go ndingid†	—	go ndingtear
	past	dá ndinginn	dá ndingteá	dá ndingeadh sé, sí	dá ndingimis; dá ndingeadh muid	dá ndingeadh sibh	dá ndingidís; dá ndingeadh siad	—	dá ndingtí
imperative		dingim	ding	dingeadh sé, sí	dingimis	dingigí; dingidh†	dingidís	—	dingtear
verbal noun		dingeadh
past participle		dingthe

* Indirect relative
† Archaic or dialect form
‡‡ Dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis

Derived terms

• dingire m (“wedging implement; light hammer”)

Related terms

• dingireacht f (“wedge-driving; tapping”)

Etymology 3

Noun

ding f (genitive singular dinge, nominative plural dingeacha)

1. dint

Declension

Declension of ding

Second declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative ding dingeacha Vocative a dhing a dhingeacha Genitive dinge dingeacha Dative ding dingeacha

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an ding na dingeacha Genitive na dinge na ndingeacha Dative leis an ding don ding leis na dingeacha

Verb

ding (present analytic dingeann, future analytic dingfidh, verbal noun dingeadh, past participle dingthe)

1. (transitive) dint

Conjugation

First Conjugation (A)

		singular			plural			relative	autonomous
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative	present	dingim	dingeann tú; dingir†	dingeann sé, sí	dingimid	dingeann sibh	dingeann siad; dingid†	a dhingeann; a dhingeas / a ndingeann*; a ndingeas*	dingtear
	past	dhing mé; dhingeas	dhing tú; dhingis	dhing sé, sí	dhingeamar; dhing muid	dhing sibh; dhingeabhair	dhing siad; dhingeadar	a dhing / ar dhing*	dingeadh
	past habitual	dhinginn	dhingteá	dhingeadh sé, sí	dhingimis; dhingeadh muid	dhingeadh sibh	dhingidís; dhingeadh siad	a dhingeadh / ar dhingeadh*	dhingtí
	future	dingfidh mé; dingfead	dingfidh tú; dingfir†	dingfidh sé, sí	dingfimid; dingfidh muid	dingfidh sibh	dingfidh siad; dingfid†	a dhingfidh; a dhingfeas / a ndingfidh*; a ndingfeas*	dingfear
conditional		dhingfinn / ndingfinn‡‡	dhingfeá / ndingfeᇇ	dhingfeadh sé, sí / ndingfeadh sé, s퇇	dhingfimis; dhingfeadh muid / ndingfimis‡‡; ndingfeadh muid‡‡	dhingfeadh sibh / ndingfeadh sibh‡‡	dhingfidís; dhingfeadh siad / ndingfidís‡‡; ndingfeadh siad‡‡	a dhingfeadh / ar dhingfeadh*	dhingfí / ndingf퇇
subjunctive	present	go ndinge mé; go ndingead†	go ndinge tú; go ndingir†	go ndinge sé, sí	go ndingimid; go ndinge muid	go ndinge sibh	go ndinge siad; go ndingid†	—	go ndingtear
	past	dá ndinginn	dá ndingteá	dá ndingeadh sé, sí	dá ndingimis; dá ndingeadh muid	dá ndingeadh sibh	dá ndingidís; dá ndingeadh siad	—	dá ndingtí
imperative		dingim	ding	dingeadh sé, sí	dingimis	dingigí; dingidh†	dingidís	—	dingtear
verbal noun		dingeadh
past participle		dingthe

* Indirect relative
† Archaic or dialect form
‡‡ Dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
ding	dhing	nding
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• "ding" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
• “ding” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
• “dingid” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

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Mandarin

Romanization

ding

1. Nonstandard spelling of dīng.
2. Nonstandard spelling of díng.
3. Nonstandard spelling of dǐng.
4. Nonstandard spelling of dìng.

Usage notes

• English transcriptions of Mandarin speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.

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Middle English

Verb

ding

1. Alternative form of dingen

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Scots

Etymology

Probably from Old Norse dengja (“to beat, thrash”). Cognate with Swedish dänga, Danish dænge.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɪŋ/

Verb

ding (third-person singular present dings, present participle dingin, past dang, past participle dung)

1. to beat, hit, strike
2. to beat, excel, defeat
   • 1817, Walter Scott, Rob Roy, II.3:

     ‘Gude help him!—twa lines o' Davie Lindsay would ding a' he ever clerkit.’