English Dictionary: ding | by the DICT Development Group |
6 results for ding | |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Ding \Ding\, v. i. 1. To strike; to thump; to pound. [Obs.] Diken, or delven, or dingen upon sheaves. --Piers Plowman. 2. To sound, as a bell; to ring; to clang. The fretful tinkling of the convent bell evermore dinging among the mountain echoes. --W. Irving. 3. To talk with vehemence, importunity, or reiteration; to bluster. [Low] | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Ding \Ding\, n. A thump or stroke, especially of a bell. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Ding \Ding\, 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[84]nga, G. dengeln.] 1. To dash; to throw violently. [Obs.] To ding the book a coit's distance from him. --Milton. 2. To cause to sound or ring. {To ding (anything) in one's ears}, to impress one by noisy repetition, as if by hammering. | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
ding n.,vi. 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, esp. something trivial. "I was dinged for having a messy desk." | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [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}] |