Hypertext Webster Gateway: "ding"

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) 1.7 (wn)

ding
v : go "ding dong", like a bell [syn: {dong}, {dingdong}]


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