6 definitions found
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["a]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 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 WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
ding
v : go "ding dong", like a bell [syn: {dong}, {dingdong}]
From Jargon File (4.2.3, 23 NOV 2000) [jargon]:
ding n.,vi. 1. Synonym for {feep}. Usage: rare among hackers,
but more common 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 (13 Mar 01) [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}]
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