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noun

Ding n. A thump or stroke, especially of a bell.

verb

Ding v. t. (past & past part. dinged, obs. dang, or obs. dung; pres. part. dinging)

To dash; to throw violently. (Obs.) "To ding the book a coit's distance from him."

To cause to sound or ring.

To ding (anything) in one's ears, to impress one by noisy repetition, as if by hammering.

Ding v. i.

To strike; to thump; to pound. (Obs.) "Diken, or delven, or dingen upon sheaves."

To sound, as a bell; to ring; to clang. "The fretful tinkling of the convent bell evermore dinging among the mountain echoes."

To talk with vehemence, importunity, or reiteration; to bluster. (Low)

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Etymology of 'Ding'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Ding" Quotes from Famous Books

... papers call a ding-dong struggle. Suffice it to say that at the twelfth I was dormy one and in a state ...

— Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 153, Dec. 12, 1917 • Various

... the good preacher—no matter where; but his wishes availed nought, for he remained close to his side, holding forth, without intermission, in the same monotonous tone, that sounded like the ding-dong, ding-dong of a curfew-bell ...

— The Buccaneer - A Tale • Mrs. S. C. Hall

... ringing The raven is singing The earth worm is creeping The mourners are weeping Ding dong, bell— 5 ...

— The Complete Poetical Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley Volume I • Percy Bysshe Shelley

... chaps wi' their girt caps, An' coits nut quite i' t'fashion; Wi' arms ding-dong, they strut along, An' put a famous ...

— Revised Edition of Poems • William Wright

... should she be able to sook out o' his keeping ding-ding-danging on about that woman?" ...

— Tommy and Grizel • J.M. Barrie

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