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ding
1[ ding ]
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.
ding
2[ ding ]
verb (used with object)
ding
1/ dɪŋ /
noun
- an imitation or representation of the sound of a bell
- informal.a party or social event
ding
2/ dɪŋ /
verb
- to strike; dash down
- to surpass
Word History and Origins
Origin of ding2
Word History and Origins
Origin of ding1
Origin of ding2
Example Sentences
It’s like wrapping your Watch’s body in a little pillow fort that protects it from dings and dents.
If you spent a lot of money on a great set of headphones, you don’t want anything to ding or damage your beloved gear.
Mail customers have complained of dings on their credit scores and late fees from bills because the items were getting stuck in the mail.
It’s why we can send money through apps like Venmo and hear the ding that it’s been received on the other person’s phone just a few seconds later.
Plus, the “little ding sound” that heralds a new message in the chat is easy to miss in the hubbub of a full classroom.
I called it “ding-dong diplomacy”; Governor Richardson wisely pointed out that “basketball diplomacy” is better than none.
She was going to be a point person on health-care reform, and they needed to ding her.
The Official Charts Company described Ding Dong The Witch Is Dead as "one of the most controversial chart contenders of all time".
In a back room, video poker machines ding and chirp with the occasional squeal of delight from a winner.
Holmes and Rahe used 300 (ding ding ding) as the cutoff to predict a high risk of illness.
I did so, and I had to report unfavourably, for “facts are chiels that winna ding.”
The suddenness and the emphasis of the ding told on unexpected nerves, but it brought the Fourth Reader class up erect.
No tedious ding-dong daily practice—just 20 brief, entertaining lessons, easily mastered.
The ding of her husband's cash register and the click of her dangle bag mark the systole and diastole of married life.
We have had a wonderful day with a wonderful en——” said Lil, a yawn hitting her midway so she could not get out the “ding.
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