ding
noun/dɪŋ/
/dɪŋ/
- (especially North American English) a hit, especially one that causes slight damage to a car, etc.
- I got a ding in my rear fender.
- used to represent the sound made by a bell
- The lift came to a halt with a loud ‘ding’.
Word Originnoun sense 2 early 17th cent.: imitative. noun sense 1 Middle English: probably of Scandinavian origin; compare with Danish dænge ‘beat, bang’.
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