Hypertext Webster Gateway: "dinging"
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.
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