Get Affordable VMs - excellent virtual server hosting


browse words by letter
a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z
ding

more about ding

ding


  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}] 
 
 




more about ding