Word Frequency
ding1 (dɪŋ
)
Definitions
verb
- to ring or cause to ring, esp with tedious repetition
- tr another word for din1 (sense 2)
noun
- an imitation or representation of the sound of a bell
- (Australian, informal) a party or social event
Word Origin
C13: probably of imitative origin, but influenced by din1 + ring²; compare Old Swedish diunga to beatExample Sentences Including 'ding'
A few brokers charge nothing when you sell funds, but most will ding you as much as $40.Globe and Mail (2003)
And it's ding ding, round one of one of the shortest interviews in history.LEND ME YOUR EARS (2003)
Bernard Hopkins Fighters have brains like old flashlights: they flicker on and off only when you ding them against something.Maxim (2005)
Dodge Neon, older model, ding in the fender, cigar butts in the ashtray.Edmonton Sun (2003)
Every now and again they caught, among many a derry dol and a merry dol and a ring a ding dillo the repeated words:THE LORD OF THE RINGS (2004)
He imagined the man to the left to be only some ding , too weird to run loose in population.Stone City
It is a left-to-right dogleg with the fairway sloping in that direction and on both sides are hazards that can sound the dreaded ding.Sun, News of the World (2001)
The event occurred at some time before September 10. When birds do sing, hey ding a ding, ding; sweet lovers love the spring.Times, Sunday Times (2001)
Well, spend a whole lot of money just on a wristwatch, has got to be real rich, or a ding.Stone City
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