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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Ding \Ding\ (d[i^]ng), verb (used with an object) [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 The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Ding \Ding\, verb (used without an object)
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 The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Ding \Ding\, noun A thump or stroke, especially of a bell.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
ding
verb: go 'ding dong', like a bell [syn: {dong}, {dingdong}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
71 Moby Thesaurus words for "ding": bang, bash, beat, belt, best, better, biff, catch, change ringing, chime, chiming, chink, clang, clanging, clangor, clank, clanking, clink, clout, crack, din, ding-a-ling, dingdong, dinging, dingle, dong, donging, douse, drum, exceed, gong, hammer, hit, jangle, jingle, jingle-jangle, jinglejangle, jingling, knell, knelling, nail, outdo, outgo, outmatch, outshine, peal, peal ringing, pealing, pound, ring, ring changes, ringing, slam, slosh, smack, sock, sound, sound a knell, ting, ting-a-ling, tingle, tingling, tink, tinkle, tinkling, tinnitus, tintinnabulate, toll, tolling, whack, whop
From Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001) [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 (27 SEP 03) [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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